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” AP7.645 (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.CA1.7.
