διερείδω

A. prop up, Plu. 2.529c, Luc. VH 2.1.

2. hold apart, as the collar-bones do the shoulders, Sor. 2.63: so metaph., of vowels, thrust apart, D.H. Comp. 22.

II. Med., lean upon, τινί E. Hec. 66: c. acc., σχῆμα βακτηρίᾳ δ. lean one's body on . . , Ar. Ec. 150.

2. δ. πρός τι set oneself firmly, struggle against . . , Plb. 21.24.14, Plu. Phil. 17, prob. in Phld. D. 3 Fr. 32; περί τινος for a thing, Plb. 5.84.3.