COMPOUND: μετήορος, -ον
CATEGORIZATION: A [P+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘raised from off the ground‘
ETIMOLOGY: μετ- (μετά) ‘in the midst of, among, between’ + verbal root ηορ- (ἀείρω) ‘lift, raise up’ + adj. suf. -ος, -ον
OCCURRENCE: Il. VIII, 26; XXIII, 369.
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. n. pl.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadhāraya
NOTES: vowel lengthening -α- > -η- in compounding