hang down from, hover about, Hes. Sc. 234; ἀ. ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν hang without support at either end, as a fractured limb supported only by the bandage at the fracture, Hp. Fract. 7, cf. Art. 63, J. AJ 15.11.3, Antyll. ap. Orib. 44.23.6, Meges ap. eund. 44.24.13; τῆς ὕλης ἡ κόμη μετέωρος ἀπῃώρηται Procop.Gaz. Ecphr. p. 158B.
to be uplifted, Luc. Astr. 19.
later in Act. ἀπαιωρέω, let hang down, πλοκάμους Alciphr. 3.55; lift up a garment, J. AJ 11.6.9.

herabhangen u. schweben, Hes. Sc. 234 ; τοῦ φιτροῦ Arist. plant. 1.4 ; – Sp. auch act., ἀπῃώρησεν ἑαυτὸν ἀπὸ πατταλοῦ, hing sich auf, Aesop. 28.