ἀντερείδω

antereido

set firmly against

Appears 9 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Mechanica 4
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Chapter 8 851b6–852a13

851b35
Chapter 29 857b9–20

857b17
Chapter 34 858a23–858b3

858a26
858a27
Movement of Animals 3
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Chapter 2 698b8–699a11

698b18
Chapter 3 699a12–699b11

699b2
Chapter 9 702b12–703a3

703a1
On the Heavens 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 13 293a15–296a23

294a19
Generation of Animals 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 15 720b15–721a1

720b16

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀντερείδω, A. set firmly against, χειρὶ χεῖρʼ ἀντερείσαις clasping hand in hand, Pi. P. 4.37; but ἄκναμπτον Ἥρᾳ μένος ἀν[τ]ερείδων Id. Pae. 6.87; ἀντέρειδε τοῖς Ἐρεχθείδαις δόρυ E. Supp. 702; ἀ. ξύλα [τῷ πύργῳ] set wooden stays or props against it, X. HG 5.2.5; ἀ. βάσιν plant it firm, S. Ph. 1403; λίθοι οἱ -οντες τὰς περιφερεῖς στέγας springers of a vault, Demetr. Eloc. 13. II. intr., stand firm, resist pressure, offer resistance, opp. ὑπείκω, X. Cyr. 8.8.16, cf. Cyn. 10.16, Pl. Ti. 45c, Arist. MA 698b18, Epicur. Fr. 76 bis; exert counter-pressure, θέναρι ἀ. Hp. Fract. 14; τὸ ὠθούμενον ἀ. ὅθεν ὠθεῖται offers resistance in the direction from which the pressure comes, Arist. Mech. 858a26; πρός or περί τι, Plu. 2.924d, 923e. 2. metaph., exert mutual pressure, of contending politicians, Phld. Rh. 2.51 S. (dub.); simply, argue against, Sor. 2.57.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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