στηριγ-μός, ὁ,
being fixed, standing still, τῶν πλανήτων ἀστέρων [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.81, compare 1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 1.20, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.76d, Theo Sm.p.148 H., 2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 22, 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 34.28, +others, “PPar.” 19 ] Refs 1st c.BC+] bis[[ 11, 13 (3rd c.AD), 4th c.AD: Paulus Alexandrinus Astrologus “G.” 1, “Theologumena Arithmeticae” 15, “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(4).241. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__2 fixedness, of steady light, opposed to flashing, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 395b7. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 metaphorically, ἐκπεσεῖν τοῦ ἰδίου σ. from your proper firmness, [[ NT.2Pet.3.17. ] NT]
__4 Rhet., sustaining of the voice on certain words or syllables, so as to give them force, αἱ μακραὶ συλλαβαί, στηριγμούς τινας ἔχουσαι καὶ ἐγκαθίσματα [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 20 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; στηριγμοὺς ἔχειν πρὸς ἄλληλα τὰ ὀνόματα mutual support, buttressing, [[ 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 40.4] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; compare ἀντιστηριγμός.