μετέωρος μετέωρος, ον Epic μετήορος, q. v., ἐώρα, ἀείρω raised from the ground, hanging, Lat. suspensus, Hdt.;—of high ground, Thuc. like μετάρσιος, in mid-air, high in air, Lat. sublimis, Hdt., Ar.; Ἀήρ, ὃς ἔχεις τὴν γῆν μ. poised on high, Ar.; τὰ μ. χωρία the regions of air, Ar.; τὰ μ. things in heaven above, astronomical phenomena, Ar., Plat. on the high sea, out at sea, of ships, Thuc. metaph. of the mind, lifted up, buoyed up, on the tiptoe of expectation, in suspense, Lat. spe erectus, Thuc. wavering, uncertain, Dem.: —adv., μετεώρως ἔχειν to be in uncertainty, Plut.