1. μετάρσιος · metarsios — Beekes
The corpus record
μετάρσιος
metarsios
raised, high in the air
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What it meant
2. μετάρσιος · metarsios — Chantraine
3. μετάρσιος · metarsios — Frisk
4. μετάρσιος · metarsios — LSJ
raised from the ground, high in air, ἐσπᾶτο γὰρ πέδονδε καὶ μ. S. Tr. 786; μετάρσιοι χολαὶ διεσπείροντο melted into air, Id. Ant. 1009; λόγοι π. θρῴσκουσι are scattered to the winds, A. Ch. 846; ὑπὲρ πυρᾶς μ. ληφθεῖσʼ E. l.c.; μετάρσιον πλευρὰν ἔπαιρε Id. Hec. 499; μ. ἀναπτόμενος Ar. Av. 1382; ναῦς ἄρμενʼ ἔχοισα μ. having her sails hoisted, Theoc. 13.68; τὰ μ., = μετέωρα, the sky, heavens, Thphr. Ign. 3; but defined as τὰ μεταξὺ τοῦ αἰθέρος καὶ τῆς γῆς, opp. τὰ μετέωρα( = τὰ ἐν οὐρανῷ), Ach.Tat.
on the high seas, ὅσας δὲ τῶν νεῶν μεταρσίας ἔλαβε [ὁ ἄνεμος] Hdt. l.c.; νῆσος μ. a floating island, Hecat. 305 J.
in suspense, ὅσσα Νεῖκος ἔρυκε μετάρσιον Emp. 35.9.
metaph., high above this world, διὰ μούσας καὶ μ. ᾖξα E. Alc. 963 (lyr.); μ. ὕμνος IG 3.770: in bad sense, puffed up, elated, μ. τὴν ψυχὴν τηρεῖν Vett.Val. 340.13; ἡ πάρος ἀγλαΐῃσι μ. AP 5.272.1 (Agath.).
of things, airy, empty, κόμποι E. Andr. 1220 (lyr.).
in Medic., of the breath, = μετέωρος I.2, πνεῦμα Hp. Mul. 2.130; πνοὰς θερμὰς πνέω μετάρσιʼ, οὐ βέβαια (neut. pl. as Adv.) E. HF 1093.
of the face, puffed up, swollen, Hp. Mul. 2.110.
In the wild
- πεδάρσιοι · pedarsioi Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 845–846
- πεδαρσίοις · pedarsiois Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 270–272
- πεδάρσιοι · pedarsioi Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 709–711
- πεδαρσίοις · pedarsiois Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 915–917
- πεδαρσίου · pedarsiou Aristophanes, Birds 1 (DIORISIS sentence 877)
- μετάρσιος · metarsios Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 1011)
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. μετάρσιος (scan p. 989; entry #4044).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. μετάρσιος (scan p. 708; entry #5241).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. μετάρσιος (scan p. 1190; entry #3848).
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