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ὑπεραιωρέω

uperaioreo

suspend, support above, hold up, raise

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What it meant

ὑπεραιωρέω · hyperaiōreō — LSJ

suspend, support above

suspend or support above, κατακεκλιμένος ὑπὸ δένδρων παντοίας ὑπεραιωρούντων χάριτας Lib. Or. 1.53:—Pass., Hdt. 4.103.

2 hold up, raise, to be lifted, drawn over

hold up, raise, τὴν κεφαλήν Aret. CD 1.3:—Pass., of the overlapping end of a dislocated bone, ὑπεραιωρεῖσθαι τὴν κεφαλὴν τοῦ μηροῦ ὑπὲρ τῆς κοτύλης to be lifted or drawn over, Hp. Art. 70; ὑ. ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀρχαίης ἕδρης ib. 71, Fract. 14, cf. 41: abs., Id. Art. 22: Littré (following Apollon. Cit.) gives the Act. in same sense, Art. 73;

and so in the Subst. ὑπερ-αιώρησις, εως, ἡ, αἱ ἐξ ὑ. [ἐμβολαί] ib. 25, Mochl. 15.

3 lie off

in nautical language, ὑπεραιωρηθῆναι c. gen. loci, lie off a place, τῇσι νηυσὶ ὑπεραιωρηθέντες Φαλήρου Hdt. 6.116.

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