prop

prop
subs.
Prop for a vine: Ar. and P. χά̆ραξ, ὁ or ἡ.
Generally: P. and V. ἔρεισμα, τό (Plat.).
Met., support, stay: V. ἔρεισμα, τό, στῦλος, ὁ ; see bulwark.

prop
v. trans.
Lean: P. and V. κλί̄νειν, V. ἐρείδειν (also Plat. but rare P.).
Support: V. ἐρείδειν ; see support.

PROP

s. PROP. statumen: pedamen: pedamentum; adminiculum (for a vine).

Figuratively Support columen (especially of persons on whom others depend): firmamentum (that gives stability to anything): praesidium (safeguard): subsidium (aid assistance): munimentum (defence): (tamquam) adminiculum.

prop (subs.):

I. Lit.:

1. cŏlūmen, ĭnis, n. (gable-prop, mainstay): Vitr. 4, 2, init.

2. pĕdāmen, pĕdāmentum (for vines to climb): Varr. 1, 8: Col.

3. admĭnĭcŭlum (more elegant term = pedamen): Cic. N. D. 2, 47, init.

4. stătūmen, ĭnis, n. (any kind of "upright"): Col. 4, 16, med. (= pedamentum): cf. ib. 6, 19.

II. Fig.: main support: cŏlūmen: the p. of a family, c. familiae, Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 57: Cic.: Hor. Join: caput columenque [Romani imperii], Liv. 38, 51. Also praesĭdium may serve: cf. Hor. Od. 1, 1, 2. Phr.: he is the only p. of the whole family, solus omnem familiam sustentat, Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 35: who is regarded as the p. of the portico, qui fulcire putatur porticum Stoicorum, Cic. Ac. 2, 24, 75. (Not adminiculum in this sense.)

prop (v.):

1. fulcio, si, ltum, 4: to p. a vine, vitem f., Cic. Sen. 15, 52: Atlas who p.s up the heavens with his head, Atlas coelum qui vertice f., Virg. Aen. 4, 247. Comp. suffulcio, 4 (to support from beneath): Lucr.: Mart.

2. pĕdo, 1 (in horticulture): to p. vines, vineas p., Col. 4, 12, init.

3. expr. to be p.'d by, innītor, subnītor (as it were, to lean upon: poet.): temples p.'d on columns vast, templa vastis innixa columnis, Ov. Pont. 3, 2, 49: so, subnixus, Cic. Rep. 6, 20. (N.B.--These two verbs are chiefly used in present sense, in p. part.; subnixus mostly fig.: v. RELYING ON.)

ἐρείδω
cause to lean, prop
σκήπτω
to prop, stay; hurl projectile; (mid.) lean on, allege as excuse
στηρίζω
to make fast, prop, fix, set

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appearing fewer than 50 times

διασκηρίπτω
to prop on each side, to prop up
δρύοχοι
the props
κάμαξ
a vine-pole, vine-prop
περισκήπτω
prop
σκηρίπτω
prop, fix, plant firmly
στύλωμα
prop, support
στῆριγξ
a support, prop, stay
ἀντέρεισμα
prop
ἀντηρίς
a prop, stay, support
ἀντιβαστάζω
support, prop
ἀντιστήριγμα
a prop
ἀπέρεισμα
prop, stay
ἀπόσκημμα
support, prop
ἐξέρεισμα
prop, support
ἐπιστής
prop
ἔρεισμα
a prop, stay, support
ἕρμα
a prop, support
ἕρμασμα
prop, support
ὀχή
prop, support
ὑπέρεισμα
under-prop, support
ὑποστάτης
that which stands under, a support, prop
ὑπόρθωμα
prop, stay
ὠμοχάραξ
a prop for the forks of vines

admodum
prop., to the proper limit, to full measure
sustento
to hold up, hold upright, uphold, support, prop, sustain
firmamentum
a strengthening, support, prop
palus
a stake, prop, stay, pale
adminiculum
a stake, prop

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appearing fewer than 50 times

Actaeus
prop. of Acte (the coast of Attica)
absque
prop., apart from, away from
acroasis
prop., a hearing; hence, a discourse, lecture
adminiculo
to prop
firmamen
a prop, support
fulcimen
a prop, support, pillar
fultura
a prop, support
furcula
a forked prop
pressio
a prop, support
sustentaculum
a prop, stay, support