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αἰώρα

aiora

Schwebe, Hängebett, Schaukel, schaukelnde Bewegung

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What it meant

1. αἰώρα · aiōra — Frisk

αἰώρα ‘Schwebe, Hängebett, Schaukel, schaukelnde Bewegung’ (Pl, D.H., Plu. usw.). Daneben αἰωρέω, gewöhnlicher -έομαι “erheben, hängen’, Med. “schweben, hangen’, auch übertragen (Pi., ion. att.). Zusammensetzungen: ovr-, ὑπερ-αιωρέομαι, -£0. — Verbalabstrakta: αἰώρησις (vorw. mediz.), ovv- (Pl.), ὑπεο- (Hp.); αἰώρημα (ΕἸ. in Iyr., Lyk.). — Die einzigartige Grundform *Fai-Fög-a enthält sowohl Intensivreduplikation … — [Frisk, s.v. αἰώρα, p. 79]

2. αἰώρα · aiōra — LSJ

swing, hammock, chariot on springs

swing, hammock, chariot on springs, Pl. Lg. 789d.

2 noose, halter

noose, halter, S. OT 1264 (in the form ἐώρα).

II oscillatory movement, see-saw, pulsation

oscillatory movement, see-saw, pulsation, Pl. Phd. 111e, D.H. 3.47, etc.

2 passive exercise

Medic., passive exercise, Plu. An seni 2.793b, Antyll. ap. Orib. 6.23, Sor. 1.125: pl., IG 4.955 (Epid., ii A. D.).

III fluctuation

metaph., αἰ. ψυχῆς fluctuation of mind, Metrod. Herc. 831.8 (cf. Epicur. Fr. 434).

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Where it came from

  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. αἰώρα (scan p. 79; entry #249).

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