Strong G2043ἐρείδω
to immobilise
- Transliteration
- ereidō
- Pronunciation
- er-i'-do
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Of obscure affinity; to prop that is (reflexively) get fast: - stick fast.
Detailed definition
ἐρείδω
(chiefly in poets and late prose for ἐρυγγάνω), [in LXX for תָּמַךְ (Pro.4:4 5:5 11:16, al.), etc.;]
to prop, fix firmly: act., as mid., ἐρείσασα, of a ship driving ashore (RV, struck), Act.27:41.†
(AS)
(chiefly in poets and late prose for ἐρυγγάνω), [in LXX for תָּמַךְ (Pro.4:4 5:5 11:16, al.), etc.;]
to prop, fix firmly: act., as mid., ἐρείσασα, of a ship driving ashore (RV, struck), Act.27:41.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2043 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- stick1
First verses
- Acts 27:41And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐρείδω,
Epic dialect imperfect [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ἔρειδον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.131)]: future [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (ἐρείσω 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 234, 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “Or.” 17(15).10)] codices: aorist 1 [Refs 6th c.BC+ (ἤρεισα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1236, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phdr.” 254e, “Ti.” 91e; _Boeotian dialect_ 3rd._person_ etc for 1st._person_, 2nd._person_ _sing._ εἴρισε 6th c.BC: Corinna Lyrica “Supp.” 1.32)]; Epic dialect ἔρεισα (ἐπ-) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.269)]: perfect ἤρεικα (συν-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Morb.Sacr.” 7, (προσ-) 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.60.8; but ἐρήρεικα 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus “Eup.” 1.84, (προσ-) 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aem.” 19:)] —middle, future ἐρείσομαι (ἀπ-) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Pr.” 885b29, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.25.25)]: aorist 1 [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ἠρεισάμην {8-7th c.BC}: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 362, (ἀπ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “R.” 508d; _Epic dialect_ ἐρ- 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.309)]:—passive, [Refs (3)] future [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἐρηρείσεται 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.133)]: Epic dialect aorist 1 [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ἐρείσθην 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.145)]: perfect [Refs 7th c.BC+ (ἐρήρεισμαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.152, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 78 (but _2nd pers._ _sing._ ἠρήρεισθα 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 94 is from ἀραρίσκω); also ἤρεισμαι Ti. _Locrian dialect_ 98e (ἐρήρ- [prev. work] 97e), 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.12, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 6.25.5; _Ionic dialect_ 3rd._person_ etc for 1st._person_, 2nd._person_ _plural_)] perfect [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ἐρηρέδαται 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.284, 329, _Epic dialect_ ἐρήρεινται 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.320)]: pluperfect [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ἠρήρειστο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.136)]; 3rd.person etc for 1st.person, 2nd.person plural [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ἐρηρέδατο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.95, ἠρήρειντο 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1398:— 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus uses the augment only in ἠρήρειστο, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Sc.” 362 in ἠρείσατο.—_Epic dialect_, _Ionic dialect_, and poet. Verb, also found in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus)] and later Prose:—cause to lean, prop, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (δόρυ..πρὸς τεῖχος ἐρείσας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.112; θρόνον πρὸς κίονα μακρὸν ἐρείσας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.66; πύργῳ ἔπι προὔχοντι..ἀσπίδ᾽ ἐρείσας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.97)]; [νέκυας] ἀλλήλοισιν ἐ. piling them against each other, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.450; ἐρείσατε..πλευρὸν ἀμφιδέξιον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1112)]; πρὸς στέρν᾽ ἐρείσας (i.e. τοὺς παῖδας) [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “HF” 1362, compare “Ba.” 684; τὰ ἰσχία πρὸς τὴν γῆν Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Phaedrus” 254e; ἐ. τινὰ εἰς ἕδραν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 603; τὰς κεφαλὰς εἰς γῆν Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Timaeus” 91e; ἐς χεῖρας ἐ. τι 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.104; ἐ. τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐπὶ γῆς Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Timaeus” 43e; τὸ γόνυ κατὰ τοῦ ἰσχίου Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Flamininus” 20; ῥόῳ ἔνι κάλπιν 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.1234)]: generally, fix firmly, plant, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἄγκυραν χθονί 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.51; εἰς γῆν ἐ. ὄμμα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1123, compare 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “Or.” 17(15).10; ἐπὶ χθονὸς ὄμματ᾽ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.784)]; ἐ. πόδας ἐς βένθος plant the foot firm, [Refs ([prev. work] 1010: _metaphorically_, ἐ. τὰν γνώμαν)] fix one's mind firmly on a thing, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 21.61.)]
2 prop up, support, stay, ἀσπὶς ἄρ᾽ ἀσπίδ᾽ ἔρειδε, κόρυς κόρυν, ἀνέρα δ᾽ ἀνήρ, of close ranks of men-atarms, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.131; ἐπ᾽ ἀσπίδος ἀσπίδ᾽ ἔρεισον 7th c.BC: Tyrtaeus Elegiacus 11.31; πέλτην ἐρεῖσαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 487; κίον᾽ οὐρανοῦ τε καὶ χθονὸς ὤμοιν ἐ. Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Prometheus Vinctus” 352)].
3 press hard, attack, τινα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.32: obscene meaning, ἐ. γυναῖκα Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Ecclesiazusae” 616, “fragment” 74.)]
4 push, thrust, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (ὅπῃ κέ τις..ἐρείδῃ 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 12.3; ἔπη..ἤρειδε κατὰ τῶν ἱππέων _hurled forth..,?? Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Equites” 627; ὁ χορὸς ἤρειδεν ὁρμαθοὺς μελῶν τέτταρας [prev\. author] “Ra.” 914)]:—middle, [Refs (ἔπος πρὸς ἔπος ἠρειδόμεσθ᾽ [prev\. author] “Nu.” 1375)].
5 infix, plant in, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (πλευραῖς ἔγχος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1236)]; ἀνταίαν πληγήν inflict it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andr.” 844 (Lyric poetry):)] —passive, ἄλγημα ἐρηρεισμένον fixed pain, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 8.385.)]
6 press down, depress, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (πλάστιγγα τοῦ βίου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “fragment” 576.5)].
7 of wagers or matches, match, set one pledge against another, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.24.)]
II intransitive, press hard, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ἀμφ᾽ αὐτῷ πελεμίξαι ἐρείδοντες βελέεσσιν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.108; εἴς τινα Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Nubes” 558; νέφος ἐ. ἐπὶ γῆν Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Numa” 2; πνεῦμα κατὰ τῆς σχεδίας [prev\. author] “Crass.” 19)]; of an illness or pain, settle upon a particular part, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (νόσος ὁμότοιχος ἐ. Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Agamemnon” 1004 (Lyric poetry), compare 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 45.30.27, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus)] 11.61; exert pressure: hence, rest, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (ἐπὶ τὸ ἔδαφος Hero Mechanicus [{2-1st c.BC} (?)] “Automatopoetica” 2.7)].
II.2 set to work, fall to, especially of eating, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (ἔρειδε Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Pax” 31, compare 25 (where, _accusative_ to Scholia, it is _metaphorically_ from rowers); ἐρείδετον [prev\. author] “fragment” 493)].
II.3 become fixed, [Refs (πρῴρα ἐρείσασα “Act.Ap.” 27. 41.)]
III middle and passive, prop oneself, lean upon, τῷ ὅ γ᾽ ἐρεισάμενος (i.e. σκήπτρῳ) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.109; ἔγχει ἐ. 14.38; ἐπὶ μελίης..ἐρεισθείς 22.225)]: with genitive, ἐρείσατο χειρὶ παχείῃ γαίης leant with his hand against the earth, [Refs (5.309: _absolutely_, ἐρεισάμενος βάλε _having planted himself firm, taken a firm stand,?? 12.457, compare 16.736)]; of one fallen, [Refs (ὁ δ᾽ ὕπτιος οὔδει ἐρείσθη 7.145, 11.144)]; οὔδεϊ..σφι χαῖται ἐρηρέδαται their hair rests on the ground, [Refs (23.284; γόνατος κονίαισιν ἐρειδομένου)] set, planted in.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Ag.” 64 (_anapaest meter_); τοῖσι γούνασι ἐρηρεισμένοι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.152; ταῖς χερσὶν ἐπὶ δόρατι ἠρεισμένος 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 6.25.5, compare 1st c.AD: Cornutus Philosophus “ND” 9)]; press closely, be tight, of bandages, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Off.” 8; τοὺς ὀδόντας ἐρήρεισται)] has her teeth clenched, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus cited in 1st c.AD: Erotianus Grammaticus (ξυνερήρ. codices 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus).)]
III.2 to be fixed firm, planted, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ἔγχος διὰ θώρηκος ἠρήρειστο _had been fixed,_ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.358, etc.; λᾶε ἐρηρέδαται _stand firmly fixed,?? 23.329; θρόνοι περὶ τοῖχον ἐρηρέδατ᾽ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.95; ἁ γᾶ ἐρήρεισται ἐπὶ τᾶς αὐτᾶς ῥοπᾶς Ti.Locrian dialect 97e)]: absolutely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (δίκας ἐρείδεται πυθμήν _is set firm,?? Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Choephori” 646)] (Lyric poetry); opposed to πλανᾶσθαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “GA” 720a12; ἐρηρεικός,)] of a bone stuck in the throat, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus “Eup.” 1.84.)]
III.3 ἐρείδεσθαι ναυαγίαις to be driven ashore in shipwreck, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 1.36.)]
IV middle,
IV.1 in reciprocal sense, struggle one with another, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.735 (variant{ἐρίζεσθον}).)]
IV.2 with accusative, support or set firmly for oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (πλησίον ἠρείσαντο καρήατα Simonides Lyricus [{4-5th c.BC}] 172; βάκτρῳ δ᾽ ἐρείδου..στίβον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 743; ἐπὶ γαῖαν ἴχνος “AP” 12.84 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus); ἐπὶ τοίχῳ λίθον 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 23.49; ἐπὶ χειρὶ παρειήν 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1160; χεῖρας σκηπανίῳ “AP” 6.83 (1st c.AD(?): Macedonius Epigrammaticus); ἐπὶ σκίπωνος τὸ γῆρας [prev. work] 7.457 (from Aristo); ἐς πόλον ἐκ γαίης μῆτιν ἐ.)] to raise one's thoughts.., [Refs ([prev. work] 9.782 (Paul. Sil.).)]
Epic dialect imperfect [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ἔρειδον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.131)]: future [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (ἐρείσω 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 234, 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “Or.” 17(15).10)] codices: aorist 1 [Refs 6th c.BC+ (ἤρεισα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1236, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phdr.” 254e, “Ti.” 91e; _Boeotian dialect_ 3rd._person_ etc for 1st._person_, 2nd._person_ _sing._ εἴρισε 6th c.BC: Corinna Lyrica “Supp.” 1.32)]; Epic dialect ἔρεισα (ἐπ-) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.269)]: perfect ἤρεικα (συν-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Morb.Sacr.” 7, (προσ-) 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.60.8; but ἐρήρεικα 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus “Eup.” 1.84, (προσ-) 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aem.” 19:)] —middle, future ἐρείσομαι (ἀπ-) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Pr.” 885b29, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.25.25)]: aorist 1 [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ἠρεισάμην {8-7th c.BC}: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 362, (ἀπ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “R.” 508d; _Epic dialect_ ἐρ- 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.309)]:—passive, [Refs (3)] future [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἐρηρείσεται 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.133)]: Epic dialect aorist 1 [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ἐρείσθην 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.145)]: perfect [Refs 7th c.BC+ (ἐρήρεισμαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.152, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 78 (but _2nd pers._ _sing._ ἠρήρεισθα 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 94 is from ἀραρίσκω); also ἤρεισμαι Ti. _Locrian dialect_ 98e (ἐρήρ- [prev. work] 97e), 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.12, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 6.25.5; _Ionic dialect_ 3rd._person_ etc for 1st._person_, 2nd._person_ _plural_)] perfect [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ἐρηρέδαται 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.284, 329, _Epic dialect_ ἐρήρεινται 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.320)]: pluperfect [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ἠρήρειστο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.136)]; 3rd.person etc for 1st.person, 2nd.person plural [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ἐρηρέδατο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.95, ἠρήρειντο 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1398:— 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus uses the augment only in ἠρήρειστο, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Sc.” 362 in ἠρείσατο.—_Epic dialect_, _Ionic dialect_, and poet. Verb, also found in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus)] and later Prose:—cause to lean, prop, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (δόρυ..πρὸς τεῖχος ἐρείσας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.112; θρόνον πρὸς κίονα μακρὸν ἐρείσας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.66; πύργῳ ἔπι προὔχοντι..ἀσπίδ᾽ ἐρείσας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.97)]; [νέκυας] ἀλλήλοισιν ἐ. piling them against each other, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.450; ἐρείσατε..πλευρὸν ἀμφιδέξιον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1112)]; πρὸς στέρν᾽ ἐρείσας (i.e. τοὺς παῖδας) [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “HF” 1362, compare “Ba.” 684; τὰ ἰσχία πρὸς τὴν γῆν Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Phaedrus” 254e; ἐ. τινὰ εἰς ἕδραν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 603; τὰς κεφαλὰς εἰς γῆν Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Timaeus” 91e; ἐς χεῖρας ἐ. τι 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.104; ἐ. τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐπὶ γῆς Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Timaeus” 43e; τὸ γόνυ κατὰ τοῦ ἰσχίου Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Flamininus” 20; ῥόῳ ἔνι κάλπιν 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.1234)]: generally, fix firmly, plant, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἄγκυραν χθονί 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.51; εἰς γῆν ἐ. ὄμμα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1123, compare 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “Or.” 17(15).10; ἐπὶ χθονὸς ὄμματ᾽ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.784)]; ἐ. πόδας ἐς βένθος plant the foot firm, [Refs ([prev. work] 1010: _metaphorically_, ἐ. τὰν γνώμαν)] fix one's mind firmly on a thing, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 21.61.)]
2 prop up, support, stay, ἀσπὶς ἄρ᾽ ἀσπίδ᾽ ἔρειδε, κόρυς κόρυν, ἀνέρα δ᾽ ἀνήρ, of close ranks of men-atarms, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.131; ἐπ᾽ ἀσπίδος ἀσπίδ᾽ ἔρεισον 7th c.BC: Tyrtaeus Elegiacus 11.31; πέλτην ἐρεῖσαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 487; κίον᾽ οὐρανοῦ τε καὶ χθονὸς ὤμοιν ἐ. Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Prometheus Vinctus” 352)].
3 press hard, attack, τινα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.32: obscene meaning, ἐ. γυναῖκα Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Ecclesiazusae” 616, “fragment” 74.)]
4 push, thrust, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (ὅπῃ κέ τις..ἐρείδῃ 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 12.3; ἔπη..ἤρειδε κατὰ τῶν ἱππέων _hurled forth..,?? Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Equites” 627; ὁ χορὸς ἤρειδεν ὁρμαθοὺς μελῶν τέτταρας [prev\. author] “Ra.” 914)]:—middle, [Refs (ἔπος πρὸς ἔπος ἠρειδόμεσθ᾽ [prev\. author] “Nu.” 1375)].
5 infix, plant in, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (πλευραῖς ἔγχος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1236)]; ἀνταίαν πληγήν inflict it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andr.” 844 (Lyric poetry):)] —passive, ἄλγημα ἐρηρεισμένον fixed pain, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 8.385.)]
6 press down, depress, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (πλάστιγγα τοῦ βίου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “fragment” 576.5)].
7 of wagers or matches, match, set one pledge against another, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.24.)]
II intransitive, press hard, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ἀμφ᾽ αὐτῷ πελεμίξαι ἐρείδοντες βελέεσσιν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.108; εἴς τινα Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Nubes” 558; νέφος ἐ. ἐπὶ γῆν Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Numa” 2; πνεῦμα κατὰ τῆς σχεδίας [prev\. author] “Crass.” 19)]; of an illness or pain, settle upon a particular part, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (νόσος ὁμότοιχος ἐ. Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Agamemnon” 1004 (Lyric poetry), compare 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 45.30.27, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus)] 11.61; exert pressure: hence, rest, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (ἐπὶ τὸ ἔδαφος Hero Mechanicus [{2-1st c.BC} (?)] “Automatopoetica” 2.7)].
II.2 set to work, fall to, especially of eating, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (ἔρειδε Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Pax” 31, compare 25 (where, _accusative_ to Scholia, it is _metaphorically_ from rowers); ἐρείδετον [prev\. author] “fragment” 493)].
II.3 become fixed, [Refs (πρῴρα ἐρείσασα “Act.Ap.” 27. 41.)]
III middle and passive, prop oneself, lean upon, τῷ ὅ γ᾽ ἐρεισάμενος (i.e. σκήπτρῳ) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.109; ἔγχει ἐ. 14.38; ἐπὶ μελίης..ἐρεισθείς 22.225)]: with genitive, ἐρείσατο χειρὶ παχείῃ γαίης leant with his hand against the earth, [Refs (5.309: _absolutely_, ἐρεισάμενος βάλε _having planted himself firm, taken a firm stand,?? 12.457, compare 16.736)]; of one fallen, [Refs (ὁ δ᾽ ὕπτιος οὔδει ἐρείσθη 7.145, 11.144)]; οὔδεϊ..σφι χαῖται ἐρηρέδαται their hair rests on the ground, [Refs (23.284; γόνατος κονίαισιν ἐρειδομένου)] set, planted in.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Ag.” 64 (_anapaest meter_); τοῖσι γούνασι ἐρηρεισμένοι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.152; ταῖς χερσὶν ἐπὶ δόρατι ἠρεισμένος 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 6.25.5, compare 1st c.AD: Cornutus Philosophus “ND” 9)]; press closely, be tight, of bandages, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Off.” 8; τοὺς ὀδόντας ἐρήρεισται)] has her teeth clenched, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus cited in 1st c.AD: Erotianus Grammaticus (ξυνερήρ. codices 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus).)]
III.2 to be fixed firm, planted, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ἔγχος διὰ θώρηκος ἠρήρειστο _had been fixed,_ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.358, etc.; λᾶε ἐρηρέδαται _stand firmly fixed,?? 23.329; θρόνοι περὶ τοῖχον ἐρηρέδατ᾽ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.95; ἁ γᾶ ἐρήρεισται ἐπὶ τᾶς αὐτᾶς ῥοπᾶς Ti.Locrian dialect 97e)]: absolutely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (δίκας ἐρείδεται πυθμήν _is set firm,?? Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Choephori” 646)] (Lyric poetry); opposed to πλανᾶσθαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “GA” 720a12; ἐρηρεικός,)] of a bone stuck in the throat, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus “Eup.” 1.84.)]
III.3 ἐρείδεσθαι ναυαγίαις to be driven ashore in shipwreck, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 1.36.)]
IV middle,
IV.1 in reciprocal sense, struggle one with another, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.735 (variant{ἐρίζεσθον}).)]
IV.2 with accusative, support or set firmly for oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (πλησίον ἠρείσαντο καρήατα Simonides Lyricus [{4-5th c.BC}] 172; βάκτρῳ δ᾽ ἐρείδου..στίβον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 743; ἐπὶ γαῖαν ἴχνος “AP” 12.84 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus); ἐπὶ τοίχῳ λίθον 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 23.49; ἐπὶ χειρὶ παρειήν 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1160; χεῖρας σκηπανίῳ “AP” 6.83 (1st c.AD(?): Macedonius Epigrammaticus); ἐπὶ σκίπωνος τὸ γῆρας [prev. work] 7.457 (from Aristo); ἐς πόλον ἐκ γαίης μῆτιν ἐ.)] to raise one's thoughts.., [Refs ([prev. work] 9.782 (Paul. Sil.).)]