ἐπαιωρέω

A. keep hovering over another, στέφανον καρήνῳ, πέτρον καρήνων, Nonn. D. 5.132, 4.456; keep floating in, ἐ. πτερὸν ἠερι πολλῷ Epigr.Gr. 312.5 (Smyrna): metaph., ἐ. [εὐτυχίαις] βίον AP 7.645 (Crin.).

II. Pass., hover over or on the surface, float upon, ἐπανθισμὸς ἐ. χαλκείοις Dsc. 5.92, cf. 75; ἐλπίσιν ἐπαιωρούμενοι buoyed up by . ., Luc. Alex. 16; ἐπαιωρεῖσθαι πολέμῳ hang over it, conduct it remissly, Plu. Pel. 29; in Hp. Art. 75, of one who throws his whole weight upon another, during a surgical operation.

2. overhang, threaten, σφιν ἐπὶ δέος ᾐωρεῖτο A.R. 1.639; Σκύθαι τοῖς μέσοις ἐπαιωροῦντο Them. Or. 8.119c; ξίφος αὐχέσι ἐ. Hdn. 5.2.1: c. gen., τῶν πολεμίων Plu. Fab. 5: abs., τὰ ἐκτὸς ἐπῃωρημένα Ph. 1.650.

3. rise, swell, ὄγκος ‐εύμενος ἔξω Aret. CA 1.7.