prop
From LSJ
Τραφὲν ὄρεσι καὶ φάραγξιν ἀγρίαις, κήρυξ πέφυκα τῆς λόγου ὑμνῳδίας. Φωνήν μὲν οὐκ ἔναρθρον, εὔηχον δ' ἔχω (Byzantine riddle) → Raised in the mountains and wild ravines, I have become the herald of hymns that are sung. I have no articulate voice...
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
prop for a vine: Ar. and P. χάραξ, ὁ or ἡ.
generally: P. and V. ἔρεισμα, τό (Plato).
Met., support, stay: V. ἔρεισμα, τό, στῦλος, ὁ; see bulwark.
verb transitive
lean: P. and V. κλίνειν, V. ἐρείδειν (also Plato but rare P.).
support: V. ἐρείδειν; see support.
