tip-toe
tip-toe
subs.
P. and V. ἄκρος πούς, V. ἄκρος δάκτῠλος, ὁ.
On tiptoe: V. ἐπʼ ἄκρων (Soph. Aj. 1230), ἄκροισι δακτύ̆λοισι (Eur. I.T. 266).
Tread on tap-toe: P. ἄκρῳ ποδὶ ἐπιβαίνειν (Plat. Lach. 183b).
Standing on tip-toe: V. ὄνυχας ἐπʼ ἄκρους στάς (Eur. El. 840).
Walking on tip-toe: V. ἐν δʼ ἄκροισι βὰς ποσί (Eur. Ion, 1166).
On the tip-toe of excitement, adj.: P. μετέωρος, ὀρθός.
All the rest of Greece was on the tip-toe of excitement at the conflict of the leading states: P. ἡ ἄλλη Ἑλλὰς πᾶσα μετέωρος ἦν συνιουσῶν τῶν πρώτων πόλεων (Thuc. 2.8).
Be on the tip-toe of excitement, v.: Ar. and P. ἐπαίρεσθαι, P. αἰωρεῖσθαι, P. and V. ἀ̆ναπτεροῦσθαι. (Xen. also Ar.).
subs.
P. and V. ἄκρος πούς, V. ἄκρος δάκτῠλος, ὁ.
On tiptoe: V. ἐπʼ ἄκρων (Soph. Aj. 1230), ἄκροισι δακτύ̆λοισι (Eur. I.T. 266).
Tread on tap-toe: P. ἄκρῳ ποδὶ ἐπιβαίνειν (Plat. Lach. 183b).
Standing on tip-toe: V. ὄνυχας ἐπʼ ἄκρους στάς (Eur. El. 840).
Walking on tip-toe: V. ἐν δʼ ἄκροισι βὰς ποσί (Eur. Ion, 1166).
On the tip-toe of excitement, adj.: P. μετέωρος, ὀρθός.
All the rest of Greece was on the tip-toe of excitement at the conflict of the leading states: P. ἡ ἄλλη Ἑλλὰς πᾶσα μετέωρος ἦν συνιουσῶν τῶν πρώτων πόλεων (Thuc. 2.8).
Be on the tip-toe of excitement, v.: Ar. and P. ἐπαίρεσθαι, P. αἰωρεῖσθαι, P. and V. ἀ̆ναπτεροῦσθαι. (Xen. also Ar.).