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μετεωρ-ίζω

meteorizo

raise to a height

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Where it lives

Abdias 1 · 22.73/10k
On the Art of Horsemanship 4 · 5.76/10k
Michaeas 1 · 4.39/10k
On the Public Fund 1 · 4.33/10k
Machabaeourum III 1 · 1.99/10k
Machabaeorum II 2 · 1.73/10k
Ezechiel 4 · 1.38/10k
De aere aquis et locis 1 · 1.35/10k
Knights 1 · 1.13/10k
On Hunting 1 · 1.1/10k
Clouds 1 · 1.04/10k
Birds 1 · 0.94/10k

Densest 12 of 21 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

μετεωρ-ίζω · meteōr-izō — LSJ

raise to a height, lift, lifts, buoys, up, cause one to pant, put, out to sea, heave up your, to be raised up, to be suspended, rise, keeping out, high, rise up, rising, suffering from flatulence

raise to a height, τὸ ἔρυμα Th. 4.90; τὸ ἐμβριθὲς ἄγειν ἄνω -ίζουσα Pl. Phdr. 246d; τὰ σκέλη lift the legs, X. Eq. 10.4; ἑαυτόν ib. 11.7, cf. Cyn. 10.13; of a dolphin, δελφινίσκον μ. τῷ νώτῳ lifts or buoys it up on his back, Arist. HA 631a18, cf. 602b27; τοὺς πόδας μ., of quadrupeds, Id. IA 711b19; τὸ πνεῦμα μ. cause one to pant (cf. μετάρσιος III), Id. Pr. 885a33; ναῦν μ. εἰς τὸ πέλαγος put it out to sea, Philostr. VA 6.12 (also abs., πλεῖν -ίζουσα ἐς τὸ πέλαγος Id. Her. 8.3):—Med., τοὺς δελφῖν

2 attain considerable height

intr., attain considerable height, Thphr. HP 4.2.4.

II buoy up, elevate, unsettle, to be elevated, to be anxious

metaph., buoy up, elevate, esp. with false hopes, μ. καὶ φυσήσας ὑμᾶς D. 13.12, cf. Hegem. ap. Ath. 15.698d, Plb. 25.3.4; τοὺς Ἀθηναίους διʼ ἐπιστολῶν Posidon. 36 J.; παραθαρρύνας καὶ μετεωρίσας Plu. Dem. 18; unsettle a manʼs mind, Plb. 5.70.10:—Pass., to be elevated, ὑπὸ λόγων ὁ νοῦς -ίζεται Ar. Av. 1447; μετεωρισθεὶς καὶ περιχαρὴς γενόμενος ἐπί τινι Plb. 3.70.1; μεμετεωρισμένοι ταῖς νίκαις D.S. 11.32; also, to be anxious, POxy. 1679.16 (iii A.D.), perh. in this sense Ev.Luc. 12.29.

In the wild

μετεωρίζεται · meteōrizetai Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 1060)
μετεωρισθεὶς · meteōristheis Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 351)
μετεωρίζου · meteōrizou Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 557)
μετεωρίσας · meteōrisas Demosthenes, On the Public Fund 12 (DIORISIS sentence 26)
μετεωρίσας · meteōrisas Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3732)
μετεωρισθῇ · meteōristhēi Hippocrates, De aere aquis et locis 8 (DIORISIS sentence 167)

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