ἀπερείδω,
A. fix, settle,
τὰς ὄψεις
Plu. 2.681f
; τὴν ὄψιν πρός τι
Luc. Dem.Enc. 17
; δι' ἄλλα τὴν γνῶσιν support,
Iamb. Protr. 5
.
2. intr.,=
Pass. , ἔνθα ἡ ὄψις ἀπερείδῃ
Luc. DDeor. 20.8
; but,
II. used by earlier writers in Med. withpf.
Pass. in med. sense,support oneself upon, rest upon, ἀ. ἐν τῷ χαλινῷ,of a horse,lean uponthe bit, X. Eq. 10.7 ; ὀκτὼ τοῖς μέλεσι ἀ. supporting himself on . .,
Pl. Smp. 190a
, cf. Ti. 44e , Arist. PA 684a3 ;πείσμασιν,of a ship, Archimel. ap. Ath. 5.209d , al.; ἀ. εἰς τοῦτο to be fixed steadily on . .,