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στηρίζω , E.Hipp.1207, etc.: fut.
A.-ίξωHp.Morb.4.52 (v.l.), 1 Ep.Pet.5.10, “-ίσωLXX Si.38.34, Je.17.5, -ιῶ ib.Si.6.37, Je.24.6: aor. “ἐστήριξαIl.4.443, Ep. “στήριξαHes.Th.498; inf. “στηρίξαιOd.12.434, Gal.19.192, PSI5.452.3 (iv A.D.); part. “στηρίξαςSor.2.57; opt. “στηρίξειενTh.2.49; “ἐστήρισαLXX Ge.27.37, App.BC1.98; imper. “στηρισάτωAP14.72:—Med., aor. “ἐστηριξάμηνIl.21.242, Hp.Fract. 11, etc. (v. infr.); later “-ισάμηνLXX Is.59.16, Plu.Eum.11: fut. “στηρίξομαιPhilostr.VA5.35:—Pass., fut. “στηριχθήσομαιGal.UP9.16: aor. “ἐστηρίχθηνTyrt.11.22, Hp.VC3, Gal.15.126: pf. “ἐστήριγμαιHes.Th.779, Hp.Morb.3.3, etc.; inf. “ἐστηρίσθαιLXX 1 Ki. 26.19: plpf. “ἐστήρικτοIl.16.111, Hes.Sc.218, etc. (Cf. στῆριγξ, σκηρίπτομαι):—make fast, prop, fix, [ἴριδας] ἐν νέφεϊ στήριξε sets rainbows in the cloud, Il.11.28; οὐρανῷ ἐστήριξε κάρη, of Eris, 4.443; στηρίζειν αὐτὸ αὑτό φησι τὸ ἄπειρον (sc. Anaxagoras) Arist.Ph. 205b2, cf. Sor.2.61; “ς. σήματ᾽ ἐν οὐρανῷArat.10; so prob., [λίθον] Ζεὺς στήριξε κατὰ χθονός he set the stone fast in the ground, Hes. Th.498; “βάσιν ἐστήριξανNic.Fr.74.49; “λίθον διορίζοντα ὅρους . . στηριχθῆναι ἐκέλευσανOGI769 (Palestine, iii/iv A.D.).
2. support, “σίτῳ τινάLXX Ge.27.37; feed up a patient, Gal.19.192; “ς. τὴν δύναμιν εὐστομάχοις τροφαῖςId.18(2).34, cf. Aret.CA1.1: metaph., confirm, establish, “τὴν ἀρχήνApp.BC1.98; “τοὺς ἀδελφούςEv.Luc.22.32, cf. 2 Ep.Thess.2.17, 1 Ep.Pet.5.10; corroborate, Sor.2.57.
3. Med., ground, establish for oneself, “κόσμον ἑαῖς στηρίξατο βουλαῖςOrph. Fr.299; “πόδα ἐπὶ γαίηςAP14.72; πόντος στηρίξατο κῦμα νήνεμον settled its wave into a calm, ib.9.271 (Apollonid.).
B. Pass. and Med., to be firmly set or fixed, stand fast, οὐδὲ πόδεσσιν εἶχε στηρίξασθαι he could not get a firm footing, Il.21.242, cf. Plu.Eum.11; “οὐδαμῇ ἐστήρικτοHes.Sc.218; [δώματα] κίοσιν ἀργυρέοισι πρὸς οὐρανὸν ἐστήρικται the house is lifted up to heaven on pillars, Id.Th.779; “ὀρθὴ δ᾽ ἐς ὀρθὸν αἰθέρ᾽ ἐστηρίζετοE.Ba.1073; “στηριχθεὶς ἐπὶ γῆςTyrt.11.22; “πρὸς τῇ γῇArist.Mete.376b23 (s.v.l.); ὅσοι ἐστηρίξαντο τῇ πτέρνῃ ἰσχυρῶς πηδήσαντες light heavily on it, Hp. Fract.11, cf. Art.86; ὕβον, ἐφ᾽ οὗ ἐστήρικται τὸ ἄλλο σῶμα is steadied, Arist.HA499a17; ἐστηριγμένα [ἔχειν] τὰ σπλάγχνα supported, opp. κρεμάμενα, Gal.15.570; ἄμπελος κάμακι ς. AP7.731 (Leon.); “Ἀσκληπιὸν -ιζόμενον βάκτρῳIG42(1).88.9 (Epid., ii A.D.); of the fixed stars, Arat.230,274, etc.; opp. ἀκοντίζεσθαι, Arist.Mu.395b4; “λίθος ἐστήρικταιCall.Ap.23; χάσμα μέγα ἐστ. Ev.Luc.16.26; of places, merely to be situated, D.P.204.
2. metaph., κακὸν κακῷ ἐστήρικτο evil was set upon evil, Il.16.111; τί τοι χόλος ἐστήρικται; A.R.4.816; δέκατος μεὶς οὐρανῷ ἐστήρικτο the tenth month was set in heaven, h.Merc.11; of a person, ὅπου . . στηρίζει ποτέ wheresoever thou art tarrying, art settled, S.Aj.194 (lyr.); ὅροι ἐστηριγμένοι fixed principles, Hero *Geom.3.25; ἀνάγκη στηριχθῆναι τὸ ν_ must be firmly pronounced, D.H.Comp.22.
3. of planetary phases, pause, stand still, Gem.12.23, Plu.2.76d, Theo Sm.p.147 H., Ptol. Tetr.75, Vett.Val.183.1, Paul.Al.G.2.
4. metaph., ἐπὶ δόγματος ς. hold fast to an opinion, D.L.2.136.
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