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|Definition=fut. Pass.<br><span class="bld">A</span> αἰωρηθήσομαι D.C.41.1, (ἀπ-) Hp.''Fract.''14, but αἰωρήσομαι Aristid. 2.289J.: aor. ᾐωρήθην (v. infr.): pf. ᾐώρημαι Opp. ''H.''3.532: ([[ἀείρω]]):—[[lift up]], [[raise]], <b class="b3">ὑγρὸν νῶτον αἰωρεῖ</b>, of the eagle [[raising]] his [[back]] and [[feather]]s, Pi.''P.''1.9; [[swing]] as in a [[hammock]], αἰ. [γυναῖκα] ἐπὶ κλίνης φερομένην Hp.''Mul.''1.68, cf. Aret.''CA''1.4; τοὺς ὄφεις… ὑπὲρ τῆς κεφαλῆς αἰωρῶν D.18.260.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[hang]], <b class="b3">τινὰ ἐκ τοῦ</b> ἀτράκτου Luc.''JConf.''4:—metaph., <b class="b3">ᾐώρει… ἐλπίς, ὅτι τὸν χάρακα αἱρήσουσι</b> [[excited]] them to [[think]] that... App.''BC''2.81, cf. Plu. ''Brut.'' 37.—Never in good Att.<br><span class="bld">II</span> more freq. in Pass., [[αἰωροῦμαι]] to [[be hung]], [[hang]], δέρματα περὶ τοὺς ὤμους αἰωρεύμενα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.92; <b class="b3">αἰωρουμένων τῶν ὀστῶν</b> being [[raise]]d, [[lift]]ed, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 98d; <b class="b3">αἷμα ᾐωρεῖτο</b> [[spout]]ed up, Bion 1.25; <b class="b3">ὁ ἥλιος ὑπὸ πνευμάτων αἰωρεῖται</b> [[be tossed|is tossed]], [[carried to and fro]], Diog.Oen.''Fr.''8.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[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.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[take passive exercise]], Gal. ''Thras.'' 23.<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., to [[be in suspense]], [[ἐν κινδύνῳ αἰωρεῖσθαι]] to [[hang in doubt and danger]], Th.7.77; [[αἰωρεῖσθαι ἐν ἄλλοις]] = [[depend upon others]] Pl.''Mx.''248a; [[αἰωρηθεὶς ὑπὲρ μεγάλων]] = [[playing for a high stake]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.100; αἰ. τὴν ψυχήν X.''Cyn.''4.4; τὸ μὴ αἰωρούμενον τῆς ψυχῆς Epicur.''Nat.''22G.<br><span class="bld">4</span> Pass., to [[be held in suspense]], [[threatened]], <b class="b3">ἀπαιδίας πρὸς τιμωρίαν αἰωρουμένης</b> Chor.p.71.3B.