σκηρίπτω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[prop]], [[fix]], [[plant firmly]], 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> [[to support myself withal]], <span class="bibl">Od.17.196</span>; <b class="b3">σκηριπτόμενος χερσίν τε ποσίν τε</b> [[pressing]], [[pushing against]] 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>; [[βακτηρίᾳ]] ib.<span class="bibl">317</span>: abs., <b class="b3">πῦρ σκηριπτόμενον ὀρθοῦται</b> [[sustained]], ib.<span class="bibl">512</span>. (Found only in pres.; formed by assimilation of [[σκήπτω]] (Ep. only in pres.) to <b class="b3">ἐστήρικτο, στηρίξασθαι</b>, etc. (Ep. only in tenses other than pres.).)</span>