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ἔρεισμα

ἔρεισμα, a prop, stay, support

ἔρ-εισμα, ατος, τό,
  • prop, stay, support, σκῆπτρα, χειρὸς ἐρείσματα E. HF 254; ἀμφὶ βάκτροις ἔρεισμα θέμενος, = ἐρεισάμενος, ib. 108: in pl., stays of a house, Pl. Lg. 793c; props to keep a boat on shore upright (cf. ἕρμα), Theoc. 21.12; ἁμμάτων ἐ. strong knots, E. HF 1036 (lyr.); of the legs which support the body, Arist. PA 689b19, IA 708b15; of the framework of the body, Id. PA 655a25, cf. HA 532b3; of food, ἀμβροσία γαστρὸς ἔ. λεπτῆς Arch.Pap. 8.256.
      • 2 metaph., of a person, Θήρωνʼ ἔ. Ἀκράγαντος pillar of Agrigentum, Pi. O. 2.6; Ἑλλάδος ἔ. κλειναὶ Ἀθᾶναι Id. Fr. 76, cf. Luc. Dem.Enc. 10, Tim. 50; ἔ. Ἀθηνῶν, of the (future) tomb of Oedipus, S. OC 58.
        • b of good fortune, εἰς ἀπροσδόκητον ἔ. καταντῶσιν Vett.Val. 333.30.
    • II contusion, Hp. Fract. 11.

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