ἔρ-εισμα, ατος, τό,
prop, stay, support, [[ σκῆπτρα, χειρὸς ἐρείσματα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 254 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀμφὶ βάκτροις ἔρεισμα θέμενος,=ἐρεισάμενος, [[[prev. work] 108: in _plural_ ] Refs], stays of a house, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lg.” 793c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; props to keep a boat on shore upright (compare ἕρμα), [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 21.12; ἁμμάτων ἐ.] Refs 3rd c.BC+] strong knots, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “HF” 1036 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the legs which support the body, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “PA” 689b19, “IA” 708b15 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the framework of the body, [[ [prev\. author] “PA” 655a25, compare “HA” 532b3 ] Refs]; of food, [[ ἀμβροσία γαστρὸς ἔ. λεπτῆς “Arch.Papyrus” 8.256 ] Refs].
__2 metaphorically, of a person, Θήρων᾽ ἔ. Ἀκράγαντος pillar of Agrigentum, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.6; Ἑλλάδος ἔ. κλειναὶ Ἀθᾶναι [prev\. author] “fragment” 76, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dem.Enc.” 10, “Tim.” 50; ἔ. Ἀθηνῶν, of the (future) tomb of Oedipus, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “OC” 58. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.b of good fortune, [[ εἰς ἀπροσδόκητον ἔ. καταντῶσιν 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 333.30 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+].
__II contusion, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Fract.” 11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]