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|etymtx=-ομαι<br />Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">to support, to establish, to attach; to found, to stand up, to lean on</b> (Democr., E. a.o.)<br />Other forms: Aor. <b class="b3">-ίξαι</b>, <b class="b3">-ίξασθαι</b> (Il.), also <b class="b3">-ίσαι</b>, <b class="b3">-ίσασθαι</b> (hell. a. late), pass. <b class="b3">-ιχθῆναι</b> (Tyrt. etc.), fut. <b class="b3">-ίξω</b>, <b class="b3">-ίξομαι</b>, <b class="b3">-ίσω</b>, <b class="b3">-ιῶ</b>, pass. <b class="b3">-ιχθήσομαι</b>, perf. midd. [[ἐστήριγμαι]], plusq. [[ἐστήρικτο]] (Il.), inf. [[ἐστηρίσθαι]] (LXX), act. [[ἐστήριχα]] (pap.),<br />Compounds: Often w. prefix, e.g. <b class="b3">ἀντι-</b>, <b class="b3">ἀπο-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐν-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπι-</b>.<br />Derivatives: 1. backformation [[στῆριγξ]], <b class="b3">-ιγγος</b> f. [[support]] (Lys., X., D.S. a.o.), like [[σάλπιγξ]] (:<b class="b3">-ίζω</b>), [[στρόφιγξ]], [[πλάστιγξ]] a.o. (cf. below). 2. (<b class="b3">ἀντι-</b>, <b class="b3">ἀπο-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπι-</b>, <b class="b3">ὑπο-</b>) [[στήριγμα]] n. [[support]] (Hp., E. etc.), <b class="b3">-ιγμός</b> (<b class="b3">ἀντι-</b> στηρίζω) m. <b class="b2">the supporting, the standing firm, still</b> (Arist., D.H., D.S. a.o.). 4. <b class="b3">-ιξις</b> (<b class="b3">ἀπο-</b> στηρίζω) [[establishment]], [[support]] (Hp.). 4. <b class="b3">-ικτής</b> m. [[support]] (sch.). 5. <b class="b3">-ικτικός</b> [[standing firm]], [[still]] (Procl.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Old secondary formation from an unknown basis. As [[στῆριγξ]] is clearly a backformation, the only possibility seems <b class="b3">στῆρα τὰ λίθινα πρόθυρα</b> H., what is however because of its very specific meaning not very evident; cf. also the PN [[Στῆρις]] (Miletus; Bechtel KZ 46, 375). Of old (s. Curtius 213) connected with [[στερεός]] a. cogn.; but the details remain unclear. Cf. [[σκηρίπτομαι]].