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|Definition=<span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1207</span>, etc.: fut. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> -ίξω <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Morb.</span>4.52</span> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]]), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Pet.</span>5.10</span>, -ίσω <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Si.</span>38.34</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Je.</span>17.5</span>, <b class="b3">-ιῶ</b> ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Si.</span>6.37</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Je.</span>24.6</span>: aor. ἐστήριξα <span class="bibl">Il.4.443</span>, Ep. στήριξα <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>498</span>; inf. στηρίξαι <span class="bibl">Od.12.434</span>, Gal.19.192, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>5.452.3</span> (iv A.D.); part. στηρίξας <span class="bibl">Sor.2.57</span>; opt. στηρίξειεν <span class="bibl">Th.2.49</span>; ἐστήρισα <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Ge.</span>27.37</span>, <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>1.98</span>; imper. στηρισάτω <span class="title">AP</span>14.72:—Med., aor. ἐστηριξάμην <span class="bibl">Il.21.242</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Fract.</span> 11</span>, etc. (v. infr.); later -ισάμην <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Is.</span>59.16</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Eum.</span>11</span>: fut. στηρίξομαι <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>5.35</span>:—Pass., fut. στηριχθήσομαι <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>9.16</span>: aor. ἐστηρίχθην <span class="bibl">Tyrt.11.22</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VC</span>3</span>, Gal.15.126: pf. ἐστήριγμαι <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>779</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Morb.</span>3.3</span>, etc.; inf. ἐστηρίσθαι <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">1 Ki.</span> 26.19</span>: plpf. ἐστήρικτο <span class="bibl">Il.16.111</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>218</span>, etc. (Cf. [[στῆριγξ]], [[σκηρίπτομαι]]):—[[make fast]], [[prop]], [[fix]], [<b class="b3">ἴριδας] ἐν νέφεϊ στήριξε</b> [[sets]] rainbows in the cloud, <span class="bibl">Il.11.28</span>; <b class="b3">οὐρανῷ ἐστήριξε κάρη</b>, of Eris, <span class="bibl">4.443</span>; <b class="b3">στηρίζειν αὐτὸ αὑτό φησι τὸ ἄπειρον</b> (sc. Anaxagoras) <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 205b2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Sor.2.61</span>; σ. σήματ' ἐν οὐρανῷ <span class="bibl">Arat.10</span>; so prob., [<b class="b3">λίθον] Ζεὺς στήριξε κατὰ χθονός</b> he [[set]] the stone [[fast]] in the ground, <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Th.</span>498</span>; βάσιν ἐστήριξαν Nic.<span class="title">Fr.</span>74.49; λίθον διορίζοντα ὅρους . . στηριχθῆναι ἐκέλευσαν <span class="title">OGI</span>769 (Palestine, iii/iv A.D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[support]], σίτῳ τινά <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Ge.</span>27.37</span>; [[feed up]] a patient, Gal.19.192; σ. τὴν δύναμιν εὐστομάχοις τροφαῖς Id.18(2).34, cf. <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">CA</span>1.1</span>: metaph., [[confirm]], [[establish]], τὴν ἀρχήν <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>1.98</span>; τοὺς ἀδελφούς <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>22.32</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Thess.</span>2.17</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Pet.</span>5.10</span>; [[corroborate]], <span class="bibl">Sor.2.57</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> Med., [[ground]], [[establish for oneself]], κόσμον ἑαῖς στηρίξατο βουλαῖς <span class="bibl">Orph. <span class="title">Fr.</span>299</span>; πόδα ἐπὶ γαίης <span class="title">AP</span>14.72; <b class="b3">πόντος στηρίξατο κῦμα νήνεμον</b> [[settled its]] wave into a calm, ib.9.271 (Apollonid.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">B</span> Pass. and Med., to [[be firmly set]] or [[fixed]], [[stand fast]], <b class="b3">οὐδὲ πόδεσσιν εἶχε στηρίξασθαι</b> he could not [[get a firm footing]], <span class="bibl">Il.21.242</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Eum.</span>11</span>; οὐδαμῇ ἐστήρικτο <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>218</span>; [<b class="b3">δώματα] κίοσιν ἀργυρέοισι πρὸς οὐρανὸν ἐστήρικται</b> the house [[is lifted up]] to heaven on pillars, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>779</span>; ὀρθὴ δ' ἐς ὀρθὸν αἰθέρ' ἐστηρίζετο <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>1073</span>; στηριχθεὶς ἐπὶ γῆς <span class="bibl">Tyrt.11.22</span>; πρὸς τῇ γῇ <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>376b23</span> ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]); <b class="b3">ὅσοι ἐστηρίξαντο τῇ πτέρνῃ ἰσχυρῶς πηδήσαντες</b> [[light heavily on]] it, <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Fract.</span>11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Art.</span>86</span>; <b class="b3">ὕβον, ἐφ' οὗ ἐστήρικται τὸ ἄλλο σῶμα</b> [[is steadied]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>499a17</span>; <b class="b3">ἐστηριγμένα [ἔχειν] τὰ σπλάγχνα</b> [[supported]], opp. [[κρεμάμενα]], Gal.15.570; <b class="b3">ἄμπελος κάμακι σ</b>. <span class="title">AP</span>7.731 (Leon.); Ἀσκληπιὸν -ιζόμενον βάκτρῳ <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).88.9 (Epid., ii A.D.); of the fixed stars, <span class="bibl">Arat.230</span>,<span class="bibl">274</span>, etc.; opp. [[ἀκοντίζεσθαι]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>395b4</span>; λίθος ἐστήρικται <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Ap.</span>23</span>; <b class="b3">χάσμα μέγα ἐστ</b>. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>16.26</span>; of places, merely to [[be situated]], <span class="bibl">D.P.204</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">κακὸν κακῷ ἐστήρικτο</b> evil [[was set upon]] evil, <span class="bibl">Il.16.111</span>; <b class="b3">τί τοι χόλος ἐστήρικται</b>; <span class="bibl">A.R.4.816</span>; <b class="b3">δέκατος μεὶς οὐρανῷ ἐστήρικτο</b> the tenth month [[was set]] in heaven, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>11</span>; of a person, <b class="b3">ὅπου . . στηρίζει ποτέ</b> wheresoever [[thou art tarrying]], [[art settled]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>194</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ὅροι ἐστηριγμένοι</b> [[fixed]] principles, Hero ''*Geom''.3.25; <b class="b3">ἀνάγκη στηριχθῆναι τὸ ν</b> must [[be firmly pronounced]], <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>22</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of diseases,= infr. <span class="bibl">11.2</span>, μέχρις ἂν [οἱ νοσοποιοὶ χυμοὶ] ἔν τινι τῶν ἀσθενεστέρων στηριχθῶσιν Gal.15.126, cf. 789,855, <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SA</span>1.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Act. intr. in same sense, οὐδέ πῃ εἶχον . . στηρίξαι ποσὶν ἔμπεδον . . <span class="bibl">Od.12.434</span>; <b class="b3">κῦμ' οὐρανῷ στηρίζον</b> a wave [[rising up]] to heaven, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1207</span>: metaph., οὐρανῷ στηρίζον . . κλέος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ba.</span>972</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸς οὐρανὸν καὶ γαῖαν ἐστήριξε φῶς</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1083</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sull.</span>6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of diseases, [[fix]], [[settle]], [[determine]] to a particular part, <b class="b3">ὁπότε εἰς τὴν καρδίαν στηρίξειεν</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ἡ νόσος</b>) <span class="bibl">Th.2.49</span>; ἐνταῦθα σ. ἡ νοῦσος <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>4.33</span>; εἰ . . ἐς τὸ ὀστέον στηρίξειε τὸ βέλος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">VC</span>12</span>; cf. [[στήριξις]] <span class="bibl">2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of planetary phases, [[pause]], [[stand still]], <span class="bibl">Gem.12.23</span>, Plu.2.76d, Theo Sm.p.147 H., <span class="bibl">Ptol. <span class="title">Tetr.</span>75</span>, <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.183.1</span>, Paul.Al.<span class="title">G.</span>2. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ἐπὶ δόγματος σ</b>. [[hold fast]] to an opinion, <span class="bibl">D.L.2.136</span>.</span>

|mdlsjtxt=[[στῆναι]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to make [[fast]], [[prop]], fix, set, Il.; λίθον κατὰ χθονὸς ἐστ. he set the [[stone]] [[fast]] in the [[ground]], Hes.:—Mid. to fix for [[oneself]], Anth.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> metaph. to [[confirm]], [[establish]], NTest.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> intr. = Pass., στηρίξαι ποσὶν ἔμπεδον Od.; [[κῦμα]] οὐρανῶι στηρίζον a [[wave]] [[rising]] up to [[heaven]], Eur.; and metaph., [[κλέος]] οὐρανῶι στηρίζον Eur.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of diseases, to fix, [[settle]], [[determine]] to a [[particular]] [[part]], [[ὁπότε]] εἰς τὴν καρδίαν στηρίξαι (sc. ἡ [[νόσος]]) Thuc.<br />B. Pass. and Mid. to be [[firmly]] set or [[fixed]], to [[stand]] [[fast]] or [[steady]], στηρίξασθαι to get a [[firm]] [[footing]], Il.; δώματα πρὸς οὐρανὸν [[ἐστήρικται]] the [[house]] is lifted up to [[heaven]], Hes.; so, ὀρθὴ δ' ἐς ὀρθὴν αἰθέρ' ἐστηρίξατο Eur.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> metaph., [[ὅπου]] στηρίζει [[ποτέ]] [[wheresoever]] thou art [[tarrying]], art [[settled]], Soph.