κρεμάννυμι From Root !κρεμ to hang, hang up, Il.; κρεμόω ποτὶ ναόν will bring them to the temple and hang them up there, Il.; κρ. τινά τινος to hang one up by a thing, Ar.; κρεμάσας τὰ νόημα, in allusion to Socrates in his basket, Ar.; —κρεμάσαι τὴν ἀσπίδα to hang up oneʼs shield, i. e. have done with war, Ar.:—so in Mid., πηδάλιον κρεμάσασθαι to hang up oneʼs rudder, i. e. give up the sea, Hes. Pass. to be hung up, suspended, ὅτε τ’ ἐκρέμω (2 imperf.) when thou wert hanging, Il.: to be hung up as a votive offering, Pind., Hdt.; εἴπερ ἐκ ποδῶν κρέμαιτο Ar.:—metaph., μῶμος κρέματαί τινι censure hangs over him, Pind.; ὁ ἐκ τοῦ σώματος κρεμάμενος depending on the body, Xen. to be hung, of persons, Eur. metaph. to be in suspense, Arist.