ἔρεισμα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἐρείσματος, τό,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[prop]], [[stay]], [[support]], σκῆπτρα, χειρὸς ἐρείσματα E.''HF''254; <b class="b3">ἀμφὶ βάκτροις ἔρεισμα θέμενος</b>, = [[ἐρεισάμενος]], ib.108: in plural, [[stay]]s of a [[house]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''793c; [[props]] to [[keep]] a [[boat]] on [[shore]] [[upright]] (cf. [[ἕρμα]]), Theoc.21.12; <b class="b3">ἁμμάτων ἐρείσματα</b> [[strong]] [[knot]]s, E.''HF''1036 (lyr.); of the [[leg]]s which [[support]] the body, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''689b19, ''IA''708b15; of the [[framework]] of the [[body]], Id.''PA''655a25, cf. ''HA''532b3; of food, [[ἀμβροσία]] γαστρὸς ἔρεισμα λεπτῆς ''Arch.Pap.''8.256.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., of a person, <b class="b3">Θήρων' ἔρεισμα Ἀκράγαντος</b> [[pillar]] of [[Agrigentum]], Pi.''O.''2.6; Ἑλλάδος ἔρεισμα κλειναὶ Ἀθᾶναι Id.''Fr.''76, cf. Luc.''Dem.Enc.''10, ''Tim.''50; <b class="b3">ἔρεισμα Ἀθηνῶν</b>, of the (future) [[tomb]] of [[Oedipus]], S.''OC''58.<br><span class="bld">b</span> of [[good]] [[fortune]], εἰς [[ἀπροσδόκητος|ἀπροσδόκητον]] ἔρεισμα καταντῶσιν Vett.Val.333.30.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[contusion]], Hp.''Fract.''11.