αἰωρέω

English (LSJ)

fut. Pass.

   A -ηθήσομαι D.C.41.1, (ἀπ-) Hp.Fract.14, but -ήσομαι Aristid. 2.289J.: aor. ᾐωρήθην (v. infr.): pf. ᾐώρημαι Opp. H.3.532: (ἀείρω):—lift up, raise, ὑγρὸν νῶτον αἰωρεῖ, of the eagle raismg his back and feathers, Pi.P.1.9; swing as in a hammock, αἰ. [γυναῖκα] ἐπὶ κλίνης φερομένην Hp.Mul.1.68, cf. Aret.CA1.4; τοὺς ὄφεις . . ὑπὲρ τῆς κεφαλῆς αἰωρῶν D.18.260.    2 hang, τινὰ ἐκ τοῦ ἀτράκτου Luc.JConf.4:—metaph., ᾐώρει . . ἐλπίς, ὅτι τὸν χάρακα αἱρήσουσι excited them to think that... App.BC2.81, cf. Plu. Brut. 37.—Never in good Att.    II more freq. in Pass., to be hung, hang, δέρματα περὶ τοὺς ὤμους αἰωρεύμενα Hdt.7.92; αἰωρουμένων τῶν ὀστῶν being raised, lifted, Pl.Phd. 98d; αἷμα ᾐωρεῖτο spouted up, Bion 1.25; ὁ ἥλιος ὑπὸ πνευμάτων αἰωρεῖται is tossed, carried to and fro, Diog.Oen.Fr.8.    2 swing, float in air, Pl.La.184a; hover, of birds, Arist.Mir.836a12; of a dream, S.El.1390(lyr.); oscillate, Pl. Phd.112b; of an army, αἰωρουμένης στρατιᾶς περὶ Μεσοποταμίαν Plu. Ant.28.    b take passive exercise, Gal. Thras. 23.    3 metaph., to be in suspense, ἐν κινδύνῳ to hang in doubt and danger, Th.7.77; αἰ. ἐν ἄλλοις depend upon... Pl.Mx.248a; αἰωρηθεὶς ὑπὲρ μεγάλων playing for a high stake, Hdt.8.100; αἰ. τὴν ψυχήν X.Cyn.4.4; τὸ μὴ -ούμενον τῆς ψυχῆς Epicur.Nat.22G.    4 Pass., to be held in suspense, threatened, ἀπαιδίας πρὸς τιμωρίαν -ουμένης Chor.p.71.3B.