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[[poised in air]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[μετέωρος]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μετάρσιος]]. | [[poised in air]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[μετέωρος]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μετάρσιος]]. | ||
[[bearing this pitcher poised on my head I go in search of water from the stream]]: [[verse|V.]] [[τόδ' ἄγγος τῷδ' ἐφεδρεῦον κάρᾳ φέρουσα πηγὰς ποταμίας μετέρχομαι]] ([[Euripides | [[bearing this pitcher poised on my head I go in search of water from the stream]]: [[verse|V.]] [[τόδ' ἄγγος τῷδ' ἐφεδρεῦον κάρᾳ φέρουσα πηγὰς ποταμίας μετέρχομαι]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Electra]]'' 55). | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:40, 14 October 2021
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
way of carrying: P. φορά, ἡ.
verb transitive
brandish: P. and V. σείειν, Ar. and V. πάλλειν, κραδαίνειν, τινάσσειν.
be poised: P. and V. αἰωρεῖσθαι.
poised in air: Ar. and P. μετέωρος, Ar. and V. μετάρσιος.
bearing this pitcher poised on my head I go in search of water from the stream: V. τόδ' ἄγγος τῷδ' ἐφεδρεῦον κάρᾳ φέρουσα πηγὰς ποταμίας μετέρχομαι (Euripides, Electra 55).
