A.cause to rest also or beside, “τὴν δύναμιν ἐπὶ τρεῖς ἡμέρας” Plb.4.73.3; “τὴν χεῖρα τῇ γαστρί τινος” J.AJ 20.2.1.
2. rest by leaning upon, “δένδροις” Str.16.4.10; “τοῖς θυρεοῖς” Plu.Sull.28; rest upon, Sor.1.7,100; of a shipwrecked sailor, cling to a plank, Favorin.in PVat.11.23.36.
3. of words in a sentence, to be otiose, D.H.Dem.40.