I.a stay, support, stabiliment (very rare; not in Cic.).
I. Lit.: “haec sunt ventris stabilimenta, pane et assa bubula, Poclum grande,” Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 88: “favorum,” Plin. 11, 7, 6, § 16. —*
II. Trop.: “Sicilia et Sardinia stabilimenta bellorum,” Val. Max. 7, 6, 1 fin.