- σκηρίπτω
- σκηρίπτω,A prop, fix, plant firmly,
ἐνὶ γαίῃ χηλάς A.R.2.667
.II Hom. only in [voice] Med., δὸς δέ μοι [ῥόπαλον], . . σκηρίπτεσθ' to support myself withal, Od.17.196; σκηριπτόμενος χερσίν τε ποσίν τε pressing, pushing against it, with hands and feet, 11.595; so φρίκη ἐν ῥέθεϊ ς. Nic. Th.721;ἐπί τινος Ph.2.274
; βακτηρίᾳ ib.317: abs., πῦρ σκηριπτόμενον ὀρθοῦται sustained, ib.512. (Found only in [tense] pres.; formed by assimilation of σκήπτω ([dialect] Ep. only in [tense] pres.) to ἐστήρικτο, στηρίξασθαι, etc. ([dialect] Ep. only in tenses other than [tense] pres.).)
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