ἔρεισμα

A. prop, stay, support, σκῆπτρα, χειρὸς ἐρείσματα E. HF 254 ; ἀμφὶ βάκτροις ἔρεισμα θέμενος,=ἐρεισάμενος, ib.108: in pl., stays of a house, Pl. Lg. 793c ; props to keep a boat on shore upright (cf. ἕρμα), Theoc. 21.12 ; ἁμμάτων ἐ. strong knots, E. HF 1036 (lyr.); of the legs which support the body, Arist. PA 689b19, IA 708b15 ; of the framework of the body, Id. PA 655a25, cf. HA 532b3 ; of food, ἀμβροσία γαστρὸς ἔ. λεπτῆς Arch.Pap. 8.256.

2. metaph., of a person, Θήρων’ ἔ. Ἀκράγαντος pillar of Agrigentum, Pi. O. 2.6 ; Ἑλλάδος ἔ. κλειναὶ Ἀθᾶναι Id. Fr. 76, cf. Luc. Dem.Enc. 10, Tim. 50 ; ἔ. Ἀθηνῶν, of the (future) tomb of Oedipus, S. OC 58.

b. of good fortune, εἰς ἀπροσδόκητον ἔ. καταντῶσιν Vett.Val. 333.30.

II. contusion, Hp. Fract. 11.