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ἐρείδειν

From LSJ

Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also: ἐρείδω) fix, lean, plant, rest, support, put down firmly