ἔρεισμα

English (LSJ)

ατος, τό,

   A prop, stay, support, σκῆπτρα, χειρὸς ἐρείσματα E.HF254 ; 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.HF1036 (lyr.); of the legs which support the body, Arist.PA689b19, IA708b15 ; of the framework of the body, Id.PA655a25, cf. HA532b3 ; of food, ἀμβροσία γαστρὸς ἔ. λεπτῆς Arch.Pap.8.256.    2 metaph., of a person, Θήρων' 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.OC58.    b of good fortune, εἰς ἀπροσδόκητον ἔ. καταντῶσιν Vett.Val.333.30.    II contusion, Hp.Fract.11.