φλιά
μούνη γὰρ ἄγειν οὐκέτι σωκῶ λύπης ἀντίρροπον ἄχθος → I have no longer strength to bear alone the burden of grief that weighs me down, I no longer have the strength to hold up alone the weight of grief that pushes against me, I no longer have the strength to counterbalance alone the weight of grief that acts as counterweight, I have no longer strength to balance alone the counterpoising weight of sorrow
English (LSJ)
(later φλειά, prob. in Jahresh.28.54 (Oropus, i B. C.)), ἡ, mostly in pl. φλιαί,
A doorposts, jambs, Od.17.221, Bion 1.87, LXX De.6.9, Plb.12.11.2, J.AJ5.8.10: in sg., IG12.386.6, Theoc.23.18; παρὰ φλιῇ Call.Iamb.1.220; τὸ ψάφισμα . . ἀναγράψαι ἐς τὰν φλιάν IG12(3).170.24 (Astypalaea), cf. 12(7).237.50 (Amorgos). 2 lintel, A.R.3.278; τᾶς φ. καθ' ὑπέρτερον Theoc.2.60. 3 standing posts in which a windlass works, Hp.Art.47. 4 support, φ. πιοειδής Ruf. ap. Orib.49.27.7, cf. Hp.Art.73.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1292] ἡ, Thürpfeiler, Thürpfosten; Od. 17, 221; Artem. 2 (XII, 124); Hippocr.; Theocr. 2, 60. 23, 18; τῶν νεῶν Pol. 12, 12, 2; Einige erklärten es auch durch πρόθυρον, Gell. N. A. 16, 5.