support (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. fulcīmentum (for propping up)2. fulmentum (shortened from preced. for which it occurs as v. l.) Cels. (Fulcrum is regularly the foot or leg of a couch.)3. firmāmentum (anything to add strength or stability)4. admĭnĭcŭlum (of vines5. stătūmen (an upright, in wood-work).II. Fig.III. Nourishment, maintenanceIV. In milit. sense • support (subs.): I. Lit.: a prop, stay: 1. fulcīmentum (for propping up): the whole body abandoned by its s.s collapses, totum corpus desertum f. suis labitur in ruinam, Macr. S. 7, 9, ad init.: Sol. 2. fulmentum (shortened from preced. for which it occurs as v. l.) Cels. (Fulcrum is regularly the foot or leg of a couch.) 3. firmāmentum (anything to add strength or stability): (cross-beams) to act as a s., quae firmamento sint, Caes. B. C. 2, 15: Gell. Less freq. firmāmen, ĭnis, n.: Ov. 4. admĭnĭcŭlum (of vines: called also pedamen): v. prop (I.). 5. stătūmen (an upright, in wood-work). II. Fig.: upholder, supporter: cŏlūmen, praesĭdium: v. prop (II.). Or expr. by verb: to be the s. of, sustinere, sustentare, tueri: v. prop (II.); also, to maintain (I.), defend. III. Nourishment, maintenance: ălĭmentum, exhĭbĭtio, sustentātio: v. maintenance (II.). Or expr. by verb: v. to maintain (VI.), support (IV.). IV. In milit. sense: subsĭdia, orum: v. reserve.