Lexicon / G8308
μετέωρος
meteōros
  • a meteorite

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Glosses: a meteorite

1. raised from the ground, hanging , Lat. suspensus, (Herdotus Historicus);—;of high ground, (Thucydides)

2. like μετάρσιος, in mid-air, high in air , Lat. sublimis, (Herdotus Historicus); Ἀήρ, ὃς ἔχεις τὴν γῆν μ. poised on high , (Aristophanes Comicus); τὰ μ. χωρία the regions of air , (Aristophanes Comicus); τὰ μ. things in heaven above, astronomical phenomena , (Aristophanes Comicus)

3. on the high sea, out at sea , of ships, (Thucydides)

4. metaphorically of the mind, lifted up, buoyed up, on the tiptoe of expectation, in suspense , Lat. spe erectus, (Thucydides)

5. wavering, uncertain , (Demosthenes Orator): —;adverb, μετεώρως ἔχειν to be in uncertainty , (Plutarch) (ML)