στυλόω

A. prop or stay with pillars, Apollod. Poliorc. 145.10 (Pass.); ἀχυρὼν ἐστυλωμένος Inscr.Délos 445.22 (ii B.C.): metaph., ζωὴν στυλώσασθαι give stay to one's life (by means of children), AP 7.648 (Leon.).