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English (LSJ)

   A prop up, Plu.2.529c, Luc.VH2.1.    2 hold apart, as the collar-bones do the shoulders, Sor.2.63: so metaph., of vowels, thrust apart, D.H.Comp.22.    II Med., lean upon, τινί E.Hec.66: c. acc., σχῆμα βακτηρίᾳ δ. lean one's body on... Ar.Ec.150.    2 δ. πρός τι set oneself firmly, struggle against... Plb.21.24.14, Plu.Phil. 17, prob. in Phld.D.3Fr.32; περί τινος for a thing, Plb.5.84.3.