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===verb transitive===

[[lean]], [[rest]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐρείδειν]] ([[Plato]] but rare [[prose|P.]]); see [[lean]].

[[support oneself on]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπερείδεσθαι]] (dat.), [[prose|P.]] [[ἀπερείδεσθαι]] (dat.).

[[supporting your figure on a staff]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[διερεισαμένη τὸ σχῆμα τῇ βακτηρίᾳ]] (''Eccles.'' 150).

Met., [[maintain]], [[feed]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τρέφειν]], [[βόσκειν]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 7, 48, but rare [[prose|P.]]), [[verse|V.]] [[φέρβειν]], [[prose|P.]] [[διατρέφειν]] ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 419).

[[support oneself]], [[make a living]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ζῆν]], [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[διαζῆν]], [[prose|P.]] [[βιοτεύειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[συλλέγειν βίον]].

[[hold out]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀντέχειν]].

[[preserve]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[σῴζω|σώζειν]], [[διασώζειν]], [[φυλάσσειν]], [[διαφυλάσσειν]]; see [[defend]].

[[reinforce]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[βοηθεῖν]] (dat.); see [[rainforce]].

[[help]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὠφελεῖν]] (acc. or dat.); see [[help]].

[[endure]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀνέχεσθαι]], [[φέρω]], [[φέρειν]]; see [[endure]].

[[substantiate]]: [[prose|P.]] [[βεβαιοῦν]].

support in the courts or council [[chamber]] (a person or course of [[action]]): [[prose|P.]] [[συναγορεύειν]] (acc. or dat.), [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[συνηγορεῖν]] (dat.), [[ὑπερδικεῖν]] (gen.) ([[Plato]]).

[[support a person as advocate]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[συνηγορεῖν]] (dat.), [[συνδικεῖν]] (dat.), [[prose|P.]] [[συνειπεῖν]] (dat.).

[[did you support those in favour of death]] or [[did you oppose]]? [[prose|P.]] [[πότερον συνηγόρευες τοῖς κελεύουσιν ἀποκτεῖναι]] ἢ [[ἀντέλεγες]]; (Lys. 122).

[[support the policy of the state]]: [[prose|P.]] [[τοῖς κοινῇ δόξασι βοηθεῖν]].

[[side with]] (a [[party]] or [[person]]): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[εὐνοεῖν]] (dat.).

[[stand by]]: see [[aid]].

[[support the Lacedaemonians]]: [[prose|P.]] [[τὰ Λακεδαιμονίων φρονεῖν]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 5, 84), or use [[prose|P.]] [[Λακωνίζειν]].

[[I support your cause]] [[verse|V.]] [[εὖ φρονῶ τὰ σά]] ([[Sophocles|Soph.]], ''[[Ajax]]'' 491).

[[support the Athenians]]: [[prose|P.]] [[Ἀττικίζειν]].

[[support the Persians]]: [[prose|P.]] [[Μηδίζειν]].

[[the party among the Athenians who supported them]]: [[prose|P.]] [[οἱ αὐτοῖς τῶν Ἀθηναίων συμπράσσοντες]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 3, 36).

===substantive===

[[prop]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἔρεισμα]], τό ([[Plato]]).

[[pillar]]: [[verse|V.]] [[στῦλος]], ὁ; see [[pillar]].

[[the steps of an old man are wont to wait upon the support of another's hand]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ποὺς… πρεσβύτου φιλεῖ χειρὸς θυραίας ἀναμένειν κουφίσματα]] ([[Euripides|Eur.]], ''[[Phoenissae]]'' 847).

Met., of a [[person]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἔρεισμα]], τό, [[στῦλος]], ὁ; see [[bulwark]].

[[sustenance]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τροφή]], ἡ, [[βίος]], ὁ, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[βίοτος]], ὁ.

[[help]]: [[prose|P.]] [[βοήθεια]], ἡ.

[[advocacy]]: [[prose|P.]] [[συνηγορία]], ἡ.

[[in support of]]: use prep., [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὑπέρ]] (gen.).

[[preservation]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[φυλακή]], ἡ, [[σωτηρία]], ἡ.

[[confirmation]]: [[prose|P.]] [[βεβαίωσις]], ἡ.

[[favour]], [[good-will]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[εὔνοια]], ἡ.

[[support of the Athenians]]: [[prose|P.]] [[Ἀττικισμός]], ὁ.

[[support of the Persians]]: [[prose|P.]] [[Μηδισμός]], ὁ.

[[support of the Lacedaemonians]]: [[prose|P.]] [[Λακωνισμός]], ὁ ([[Xenophon|Xen.]]).
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