στηρίζω
Etym. στῆναι
I. "to make fast, prop, fix, set", Il.; λίθον κατὰ χθονὸς ἐστ. "he set" the stone "fast" in the ground, Hes.:—Mid. "to fix for oneself", Anth.
2. metaph. "to confirm, establish", NTest.
II. intr. = Pass., στηρίξαι ποσὶν ἔμπεδον Od.; κῦμα οὐρανῶι στηρίζον a wave "rising up" to heaven, Eur.; and metaph., κλέος οὐρανῶι στηρίζον id=Eur.
2. of diseases, "to fix, settle, determine" to a particular part, ὁπότε εἰς τὴν καρδίαν στηρίξαι (sc. ἡ νόσος) Thuc.
B. Pass. and Mid. "to be firmly set or fixed, to stand fast or steady", στηρίξασθαι "to" get "a firm footing", Il.; δώματα πρὸς οὐρανὸν ἐστήρικται the house "is lifted up" to heaven, Hes.; so, ὀρθὴ δ᾽ ἐς ὀρθὴν αἰθέρ᾽ ἐστηρίξατο Eur.
2. metaph., ὅπου στηρίζει ποτέ wheresoever "thou art tarrying, art settled", Soph.