ἔρεισμα

ereisma

prop, stay, support

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Parts of Animals 4
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Book II 2
Chapter 9 654a32–655b27

655a25

Chapter 16 658b27–660a13

659a28
Book III 1
Chapter 4 665a27–667b9

666b19
Book IV 1
Chapter 10 685b29–690b10

689b19
History of Animals 2
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Book IV 1
Chapter 7 531b20–532b28

532b3
Book IX 1
Chapter 40 623b5–627b22

625a12
Progression of Animals 2
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Chapter 8 708a9–708b19

708b15
Chapter 14 712a23–712b21

712b2

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔρεισμα, ατος, τό, A. prop, stay, support, σκῆπτρα, χειρὸς ἐρείσματα E. HF 254 ; ἀμφὶ βάκτροις ἔρεισμα θέμενος,=ἐρεισάμενος, ib.108: in pl., stays of a house, Pl. Lg. 793c ; props to keep a boat on shore upright (cf. ἕρμα), Theoc. 21.12 ; ἁμμάτων ἐ. strong knots, E. HF 1036 (lyr.); of the legs which support the body, Arist. PA 689b19, IA 708b15 ; of the framework of the body, Id. PA 655a25, cf. HA 532b3 ; of food, ἀμβροσία γαστρὸς ἔ. λεπτῆς Arch.Pap. 8.256. 2. metaph., of a person, Θήρωνʼ ἔ. Ἀκράγαντος pillar of Agrigentum, Pi. O. 2.6 ; Ἑλλάδος ἔ. κλειναὶ Ἀθᾶναι Id. Fr. 76, cf. Luc. Dem.Enc. 10, Tim. 50 ; ἔ. Ἀθηνῶν, of the (future) tomb of Oedipus, S. OC 58. b. of good fortune, εἰς ἀπροσδόκητον ἔ. καταντῶσιν Vett.Val. 333.30. II. contusion, Hp. Fract. 11.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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