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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[raise to a height]], τὸ ἔρυμα Th.4.90; <b class="b3">τὸ ἐμβριθὲς ἄγειν ἄνω -ίζουσα</b> [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''246d; <b class="b3">τὰ σκέλη</b> [[lift]] the legs, X.''Eq.''10.4; [[ἑαυτόν]] ib.11.7, cf. ''Cyn.''10.13; of a dolphin, <b class="b3">δελφινίσκον μ. τῷ νώτῳ</b> [[lifts]] or [[buoys]] it [[up]] on his back, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''631a18, cf. 602b27; <b class="b3">τοὺς πόδας μ.</b>, of quadrupeds, Id.''IA''711b19; <b class="b3">τὸ πνεῦμα μ.</b> [[cause one to pant]] (cf. [[μετάρσιος]] ''III''), Id.''Pr.''885a33; <b class="b3">ναῦν μ. εἰς τὸ πέλαγος</b> [[put]] it [[out to sea]], Philostr.''VA''6.12 (also abs., πλεῖν -ίζουσα ἐς τὸ πέλαγος Id.''Her.''8.3):—Med., <b class="b3">τοὺς δελφῖνας μετεωρίζου</b> [[heave up your]] dolphins (v. [[δελφίς]] ''ΙΙ''), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''762:—Pass., to [[be raised up]], Pl.''Ti.''63c; to [[be suspended]], σχοινίοις ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''904.6 (v A.D.); of smoke or dust, [[rise]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''6.3.5; of wind, Ar.''Nu.''404; of water vapour, Hp.Aër.8, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''346b28, al.; of ships, <b class="b3">μετεωρισθεὶς ἐν τῷ πελάγει</b> [[keeping out]] on the [[high]] sea, Th.8.16; [[rise up]], as from bed, Hp.''Fract.''15; of wind [[rising]] from the stomach, Id.''Coac.''613; [[μετεωριζόμενος]] [[suffering from flatulence]], Id.''Epid.''4.41.<br><span class="bld">2</span> intr., [[attain considerable height]], [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 4.2.4.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[buoy up]], [[elevate]], esp. with false hopes, μ. καὶ φυσήσας ὑμᾶς D.13.12, cf. Hegem. ap.Ath.15.698d, Plb.25.3.4; τοὺς Ἀθηναίους δι' ἐπιστολῶν Posidon. 36 J.; παραθαρρύνας καὶ μετεωρίσας Plu.''Dem.''18; [[unsettle]] a man's mind, Plb.5.70.10:—Pass., to [[be elevated]], ὑπὸ λόγων ὁ νοῦς -ίζεται Ar. ''Av.''1447; μετεωρισθεὶς καὶ περιχαρὴς γενόμενος ἐπί τινι Plb.3.70.1; μεμετεωρισμένοι ταῖς νίκαις D.S.11.32; also, to [[be anxious]], POxy. 1679.16 (iii A.D.), perhaps in this sense ''Ev.Luc.''12.29.