αἰώρα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, (ἀείρω) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[swing]], [[hammock]], [[chariot on springs]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 789d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[noose]], [[halter]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1264</span> (in the form [[ἐώρα]]). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[oscillatory movement]], [[see-saw]], [[pulsation]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>111e</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.3.47</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> Medic., [[passive exercise]], Plu.2.793b, Antyll. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.6.23</span>, <span class="bibl">Sor.1.125</span>: pl., <span class="title">IG</span>4.955 (Epid., ii A. D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> metaph., <b class="b3">αἰ. ψυχῆς</b> [[fluctuation]] of mind, Metrod.<span class="title">Herc.</span>831.8 (cf. <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Fr.</span>434</span>).</span>