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ἀπαιωρέομαι

ἀπαιωρέομαι, to hang down from above, hang suspended, hover about

ἀπαιωρ-έομαι,
  • hang down from, hover about, Hes. Sc. 234; ἀ. ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν hang without support at either end, as a fractured limb supported only by the bandage at the fracture, Hp. Fract. 7, cf. Art. 63, J. AJ 15.11.3, Antyll. ap. Orib. 44.23.6, Meges ap. eund. 44.24.13; τῆς ὕλης ἡ κόμη μετέωρος ἀπῃώρηται Procop.Gaz. Ecphr. p. 158B.
      • 2 to be uplifted, Luc. Astr. 19.
    • II later in Act. ἀπαιωρέω, let hang down, πλοκάμους Alciphr. 3.55; lift up a garment, J. AJ 11.6.9.

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