μετέωρος

μετέωρος, ον, Ep. μετήορος (q.v.), (ἀείρω) A. raised from off the ground, τάφον ἑωυτῇ κατεσκευάσατο μ. Hdt. 1.187; σκέλεα δὲ . . κατακρέμαται μ. Id. 4.72; μ. ἐξεκόμισαν τὰς ἁμάξας X. An. 1.5.8; πῆχυς μ. an arm hanging (without support from a bandage), Hp. Fract. 7; μ. αἰωρηθῆναι, of a man, Id. Art. 70: freq. of anatomical structures, unsupported, Gal. 2.469, al.; τὰ μ. οἰκήματα, opp. τὰ ὑπόγαια, Hdt. 2.148; -ότερος . . τῶν σαύρων raised higher than . . , above . . , of the chamaeleon, Arist. HA 503a21; of high ground, τῶν χωρίων τὰ -ότατα Th. 4.32; ἀπὸ τοῦ μ. ib.128, cf. D. 55.29 (Comp.); χωρία νέμεσθαι -ότερα, opp. ἑλώδη, Arist. HA 596b4; τὰ -ότατα μέρη Protagorid. 4; κατὰ τὸ μ. τοῦ ποταμοῦ as one looks up the river, Paus. 8.30.2. 2. on the surface, ἀπὸ τοῦ -οτάτου IG 22.1668.8: hence, prominent, of eyes, X. Cyn. 4.1; of roots, running along the ground, opp.βαθύρριζος, Thphr. HP 3.10.3, CP 1.3.4, 5.9.8; ἀλγήματα μ. superficial pains, Hp. Aph. 6.7; τομαί Id. Loc.Hom. 13; πνεῦμα μ. shallow, not deep, Id. Epid. 3.1.ζʹ, Gal. 7.946; -ότερον ἄσθμα more rapid breathing, Phld. Ir.p.27 W.; also μ. ὀχετοί open, surface drains, Arist. Ath. 50.2, OGl 483.62 (Pergam., ii B.C.). II. = μετάρσιος, in mid-air, high in air, ἀνακινῆσαί τινα μ. Hdt. 4.94; ἆραί τινα μ. Ar. Eq. 1362; μ. αἴρεσθαι Id. Pax 80; Ἀήρ, ὃς ἔχεις τὴν γῆν μ. poised on high, Id. Nu. 264; ἀφικνεῖ μ. ὑπʼ αὔρας Cratin. 207; τὰ μ. χωρία the regions of air, Ar. Av. 818, cf. 690; κρεμασθεὶς καὶ βλέπων μ. looking into mid-air, Pl. Tht. 175d; of birds, μ. ἀεὶ μένειν ἀδύνατον Arist. IA 714a21; of fish, μ. πέτεσθαι Id. HA 535b28; μ. νεῖν swim near the surface, ib.602b22; τὰ μ. things in the heaven above, astronomical phenomena, Hp. VM 1; οὐ γὰρ ἄν ποτε ἐξηῦρον ὀρθῶς τὰ μ. πράγματα, says Socrates, Ar. Nu. 228, cf. 1284; τὰ μ. φροντιστής, of Socrates, Pl. Ap. 18b; ἀλαζονεύεται περὶ τῶν μ. Eup. 146b; τὰ μ. καὶ τὰ ὑπὸ γῆς Pl. Ap. 23d, cf. Epicur. Ep. 1p.27U., etc.: Comp., οἶσθα -ότερόν τι τῶν θεῶν; X. Smp. 6.7. Adv. -ως Philostr. VA 4.21. 2. on the high sea, of ships, καθορῶσι τὰς . . ναῦς μ. Th. 1.48; αἱ δὲ μ. ὥρμουν Id. 4.26; μίαν ναῦν ἀπολλύασι μ. Id. 8.10; of persons, ὅσοι μὴ μ. ἑάλωσαν Id. 7.71; μ. πλεῖν Str. 2.3.4. 3. of a horse, high-stepping, πομπικῷ καὶ μ. καὶ λαμπρῷ ἵππῳ X. Eq. 11.1. 4. generally, unsettled, fermenting, undigested, μ. καὶ ἄπεπτα καὶ ἄκρητα Hp. VM 19; inflated, ὑποχόνδρια Id. Aph. 4.73. III. metaph., of the mind, buoyed up, in suspense, Ἑλλὰς ἅπασα μετέωρος ἦν Th. 2.8; μετεώρῳ <τῇ> πόλει κινδυνεύειν Id. 6.10; μ. ταῖς διανοίαις Plb. 3.107.6, etc.; μ. ταῖς ἐπιβολαῖς ἐπὶ πόλεμον eager for . . , Id. 5.101.2; πρὸς ἐλπίδας Id. 5.62.1; ἐπί τινος or τινι, Luc. Dem.Enc. 28, Merc.Cond. 15; μ. πορεύῃ εἰς Ἀθήνας Arr. Epict. 3.24.75, cf. Jul. Or. 3.122d; haughty, puffed up, Plb. 3.82.2, LXX 2 Ki. 22.28; γαῦρος καὶ μ. Luc. Nigr. 5; μετέωρε ‘proud one’, AP 5.20 (Rufin.); of style, inflated, opp. ὑψηλός (sublime), Longin. 3.2: also in good sense, τὸ μ. καὶ πομπικόν (cf. 11.3) elevation of style, D.H. Is. 19. 2. of conditions, uncertain, τῶν πραγμάτων ὄντων μ. D. 19.122; ὁπηνίκα ἂν τὰ τῆς βασιλείας μ. ᾖ Hdn. 2.12.4; unsettled, χρόνος μ. καὶ κινδυνώδης Heph.Astr. 2.28, cf. 33. Adv. -ρως, ἔχειν Plu. Cim. 13. 3. of contracts, transactions, suits, etc., in suspense, pending, δικαστήριον τὸ διαλῦσον τὰ μ. συμβόλαια Supp.Epigr. 1.363.9 (Samos, iii B.C.); μ. οἰκονομίαι POxy. 238.1 (i A.D.), cf.PFay. 116.12 (ii A.D.); δίκη Jul. Mis. 368a; μετέωρα, τά, unfinished business, PRyl. 144.10 (i A.D.). 4. unsecured, of debts, οἱ τὰ μ. ἐγγυώμενοι SIG 364.42,46 (Ephesus, iii B. C.). 5. of persons, thoughtless, absent-minded, ‘distrait’, Cic. Att. 15.14.4, 16.5.3 (Comp.), Gal. 15.910; fickle, κοῦφοί τε καὶ μ. Ti.Locr. 104e. Adv. -ρως Vett. Val.166.4.