σκηρίπτω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">prop, fix, plant firmly</b>, ἐνὶ γαίῃ χηλάς <span class="bibl">A.R.2.667</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Hom. only in Med., <b class="b3">δὸς δέ μοι [ῥόπαλον], . . σκηρίπτεσθ'</b> <b class="b2">to support myself withal</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.17.196</span>; <b class="b3">σκηριπτόμενος χερσίν τε ποσίν τε</b> <b class="b2">pressing, pushing against</b> it, with hands and feet, <span class="bibl">11.595</span>; so <b class="b3">φρίκη ἐν ῥέθεϊ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Nic. <span class="title">Th.</span>721</span>; ἐπί τινος <span class="bibl">Ph.2.274</span>; <b class="b3">βακτηρίᾳ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">317</span>: abs., <b class="b3">πῦρ σκηριπτόμενον ὀρθοῦται</b> <b class="b2">sustained</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">512</span>. (Found only in pres.; formed by assimilation of <b class="b3">σκήπτω</b> (Ep. only in pres.) to <b class="b3">ἐστήρικτο, στηρίξασθαι</b>, etc. (Ep. only in tenses other than pres.).)</span>