ἀντερείδω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[set firmly against]], <b class="b3">χειρὶ χεῖρ' ἀντερείσαις</b> [[clasping]] hand in hand, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.37</span>; but ἄκναμπτον Ἥρᾳ μένος ἀν[τ]ερείδων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pae.</span>6.87</span>; ἀντέρειδε τοῖς Ἐρεχθείδαις δόρυ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>702</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. ξύλα [τῷ πύργῳ</b>] [[set]] wooden stays or props [[against]] it, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>5.2.5</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. βάσιν</b> [[plant]] it [[firm]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1403</span>; <b class="b3">λίθοι οἱ-οντες τὰς περιφερεῖς στέγας</b> [[springers]] of a vault, <span class="bibl">Demetr.<span class="title">Eloc.</span>13</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> intr., [[stand firm]], [[resist pressure]], [[offer resistance]], opp. [[ὑπείκω]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.8.16</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyn.</span>10.16</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>45c</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">MA</span>698b18</span>, <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Fr.</span>76</span> bis; <b class="b2">exert counter-pressure</b>, θέναρι ἀ. <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Fract.</span>14</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ὠθούμενον ἀ. ὅθεν ὠθεῖται</b> [[offers resistance]] in the direction from which the pressure comes, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mech.</span>858a26</span>; [[πρός]] or <b class="b3">περί τι</b>, Plu.2.924d, 923e. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[exert mutual pressure]], of contending politicians, Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>2.51 S. (dub.); simply, [[argue against]], <span class="bibl">Sor.2.57</span>.</span>