The corpus record

ἠερέθομαι

eerethomai

hang floating

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Where it lives

Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k

What it meant — LSJ

hang floating, waving in the air, turn with every wind

hang floating or waving in the air, αἰγίδα . . , τῆς ἑκατὸν θύσανοι . . ἠερέθονται Il. 2.448; of a flight of locusts, 21.12; of flying-fish, Opp. H. 1.435; ἓξ χεῖρες ἑκάστῳ -ονται A.R. 1.944: metaph., ὁπλοτέρων ἀνδρῶν φρένες ἠερέθονται young menʼs minds turn with every wind, Il. 3.108.—The form ἀερέθονται in Hsch., cf. EM 421.6.

In the wild

ἠερέθονται · ēerethontai Iliad 2.448
ἠερέθονται · ēerethontai Iliad 21.12
ἠερέθονται · ēerethontai Iliad 3.108

Where it came from

Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἠερέθομαι (scan p. 421; entry #2962).

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