Αἰωροῦνται
they are hung up, they depend
Translated by Catharine Roth3 Feb 2003Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Αἰωροῦνται· κρέμανται. εἰς ὃν τὰ τῶν Καρχηδονίων αἰωρεῖτο πράγματα.
Betacode
*ai)wrou=ntai: kre/mantai. ei)s o(\n ta\ tw=n *karxhdoni/wn ai)wrei=to pra/gmata.
Notes (2)
- The headword is present indicative middle/passive, third person plural, of↩
ai)wre/w , evidently extracted from somewhere (other than the quotation given here); extant possibilities are all post-classical.
For this verb, cf. alphaiota 262, alphaiota 264, eta 415, eta 416, epsilon 1898. According to Chantraine,ai)wre/w is an iterative/intensive froma)ei/rw , with an expressive reduplication and a long o vocalism of the root: *vai-vwre/w .- 1Same glossing in other lexica. ↩
- 2Quotation unidentifiable.
References
P. Chantraine, Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque ed. 2 (Paris 2009) 22
Linked from8 entries
- αι262Αἰωρηθέντεςhung upMeaning [they who were] raised on high.
- αι263Αἰώρημαhalter, hanging-cord, sling[no gloss]
- αι264Αἰωρήσειςoscillations[Meaning] hangings/suspensions.
- ε1898Ἐώραnoose[Meaning] a basket for hanging things up. Also [sc. attested is the related verb] e)wrw= ["I lift up"], [meaning] I hang.
- ε1901Ἐωροκοπίαιςelevated-talks[Meaning] haughty-mindednesses.
- ε2192Ἐπῃωρεῖτοwas being lifted up[Meaning] was hung.
- η415ᾘωρημένωraised-up[Meaning they were both] hung-up. Also [sc. attested is] h)|w/rhsen ["raised up"], [meaning he/she/it] hung up, fastened up. In the Epigrams: "for you, o Dionysus, [Porphyris] raised up these ornaments of beauty and…
- η416ᾘώρουνthey were supporting[Meaning] they were lifting, they were holding up. "Four golden peacocks were supporting the couch." The verb [is] ai)wrw=.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history8 revisions · last 21 Mar 2015
- Revised — David Whitehead
- updated bibliography — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes; another keyword — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented n.1; tweaks — David Whitehead
- added cross-reference, rearranged notes — Catharine Roth
- augmented note, added keyword and bibliography — Catharine Roth
- added notes and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth