κρεμάννυμι
Etym. From Root ΚΡΕΜ
I. "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, id=Ar.; —κρεμάσαι τὴν ἀσπίδα "to hang up" one's shield, i. e. have done with war, id=Ar.:—so in Mid., πηδάλιον κρεμάσασθαι "to hang up one's" rudder, i. e. give up the sea, Hes.
II. 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.
2. "to be hung", of persons, Eur.
3. metaph. "to be in suspense", Arist.