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• support (v.):

I. To bear up, as a weight:

1. sustĭneo, ui, tentum, 2: to s. an ox on one's shoulders, bovem humeris s., Cic. Sen. 10, 33: an arch s.ing a bridge, fornix quo pons sustinetur, Auct. B. Alex. 19: Hor.
2. fulcio, suffulcio, 4: v. to prop.
3. expr. pass. by innītor, sus and xus, 3 (lit. to lean upon): s.'d by two slaves, duobus servis innixus, Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 19: v. to prop (3).
4. sublĕvo, 1 (to lift or bear up): s.ing themselves by the manes of their horses, jubis equorum sublevati, Caes. B. G. 1, 48: he died in the arms of those s.ing him (helping him up), inter manus sublevantium exstinctus est, Suet. Vesp. 24: to be s.'d by corks, *cortice sublevari.

II. To bear without giving way, bear up under: sustĭneo, fĕro, perfĕro, tŏlĕro: v. to bear, endure.
III. To keep (another) from giving way, help to bear:

1. sustĭneo, 2: cf. Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 43, amicum suum labentem excepit, fulsit, et sustinuit re, fortuna, fide: to s. the necessities of others, necessitates aliorum s., Liv. So esp. frequent. sustento, 1: one consolation s.s me, me una consolatio s., Cic. Mil. 36, 100.
2. adjŭvo, ŏpĭtŭlor, etc.: v. to aid, help.

IV. To maintain, nourish:

1. ălo, ui, ĭtum and ltum, 3: v. to maintain (VI.).
2. sustĭneo, 2: to be s.'d by any one's liberality, alicujus munificentia sustineri, Liv. 39, 9: Virg. Join: ali et sustineri, Cic. So frequent. sustento, 1: v. to maintain (VI., 2.).
3. exhĭbeo, 2 (in legal sense, to furnish with a maintenance, whence Eng. an exhibition): to be (legally) compelled to s. children, liberos ex. cogi, Ulp. Dig. 25, 3, 5.

V. To aid:

1. adjŭvo, jŭvo, 1: v. to assist.
2. adsum, irr. (to be present with: hence esp. of a superior who stands by another to uphold him by his presence and influence; to s. as an advocate: with dat.): the Athenians s.'d the petition of the Aetolians, aderant precibus Aetolorum Attici, Flor. 2, 9, 3: I as dictator will s. the veto, dictator intercessioni adero, Liv. 6, 38, med.: Dicaearchus s.s this view, cui sententiae adest D., Plin. 2, 65, 65.
3. sublĕvo, 1 (to lift up, as it were, and succour in need): to defend and s. people, homines defendere atque s., Cic. Div. Verr. 2, 5: to s. in a candidature, aliquem in petitione s., Caes. B. C. 1, 22: v. relieve.

VI. To countenance and help by vote, interest, etc.:

1. suffrāgor, 1 (vote for: with dat.): Cic.: Liv.: in less exact sense, Hortensius s.s you, opposes me, tibi Hortensius s., me oppugnat, Cic. Div. Verr. 7, 23: and of Fortune aiding, id. Fam. 10, 5.
2. perh. adsum, irr.: cf. supr. (V.). Phr.: to s. a particular proposal by vote (in the senate), in sententiam aliquam ire, Sall. Cat. 50.

VII. To sustain a part: sustĭneo, 2: v. to sustain.

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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 vines
5. stătūmen (an upright, in wood-work).
II. Fig.
III. Nourishment, maintenance
IV. 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.

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• SUPPORT

v. To prop, fulcire: statuminare: adminiculari (e.g., arborem).
To maintain, nourish, alere (PROP., of living creatures, to nourish, provide with food; hence figuratively, of things; e.g., spem, libertatem): sustinere, sustentare (to preserve from falling; of persons or things).
To aid, assist, befriend, favere alicui, alicujus rebus or partibus (to support both in will and action): alicui studere; alicujus esse studiosum (to support by affection and kindness): juvare, adjuvare aliquem (applicable both to persons and to fortunate circumstances): esse alicui adjumento; afferre alicui adjumentum (applicable to persons only): fovere aliquem: fovere ac tollere aliquem: sustinere ac fovere aliquem; gratia et auctoritate sua sustentare aliquem (to support anybody in reference to civil honors): benevolentia aliquem prosequi: benevolentiam alicui praestare, or in aliquem conferre (show him kindness, good-will, etc.): suffragari alicui (to give him one’s vote, interest, etc.).
To endure, bear, tolerare: sustinere: pati: perpeti: perferre. Able, unable, to support anything, patiens, impatiens rei alicujus.

s. PROP.,
A prop, fulcrum (especially of the leg of a bed, sofa, etc.): fultura (Vitr., Plin.): id quo fulcitur, sustinetur, firmatur, etc.: statumen (Col.), statuminatio (Vitr., anything placed by or under something else to support it, the latter only of the foundation or ground-work of a building): adminiculum (prop or other support of a young tree; e.g., a vine): pedamen, pedamentum (pole, as support of a tree). To place a support under anything, aliquid fulcire or statuminare. Figuratively, A stay, pillar, columen (PROP., a round wooden pillar supporting a building; then, figuratively, of a person on whom anything, e.g., the state, a business, a family, rests): firmamentum (that which makes anything firm; e.g., the state, reipublicae: firmamen only in Ov.): adminiculum (the person or thing on which anybody leans for support): praesidium (a protection; of persons or things; e.g., praesidium generis): subsidium (the person or thing to which one flies in time of need; e.g., Balbus est praesidium senectutis nostrae). Support in canvassing for an office, etc., suffragatio (Cic., vote and interest): to be the support of a person or thing, aliquem or aliquid fulcire (e.g., amicum, rempublicam): alicui esse praesidio or subsidio (e.g., alicujus senectuti). (The words are found in this connection and order.) fulcire et sustinere. To be the support of a family, domum fulcire ac sustinere: Chrysippus is looked upon as the support of the Stoic sect, Chrysippus fulcire putatur porticum Stoicorum: to give anybody to anybody as a support, dare alicui adminiculum aliquem. “Support” may also be translated by circumlocution. Anybody is my only support, omnes meae spes sunt in aliquo sitae; solus aliquis me sustentat: you will be the only remaining support of the state, tu eris unus, in quo nitatur salus civitatis (Cic.): to rest on (or have) more supports, pluribus munimentis insistere (Tac.).
Sustenance, food, victus (said of all the necessaries of life): alimenta, plur. (PROP., nourishment; hence, in a legal sense, of the necessaries of life). To furnish support, alicui victum or alimenta praebere: alicui vestitum et caetera quae opus sint ad victum praestare: means of support (a profession, trade, etc.), quaestus.

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