σκηρίπτω · skēriptō — LSJ
prop, fix, plant firmly
prop, fix, plant firmly, ἐνὶ γαίῃ χηλάς A.R. 2.667.
II to support myself withal, pressing, pushing against, sustained
Hom. only in Med., δὸς δέ μοι [ῥόπαλον], . . σκηρίπτεσθʼ to support myself withal, Od. 17.196; σκηριπτόμενος χερσίν τε ποσίν τε pressing, pushing against it, with hands and feet, 11.595; so φρίκη ἐν ῥέθεϊ σ. Nic. Th. 721; ἐπί τινος Ph. 2.274; βακτηρίᾳ ib. 317: abs., πῦρ σκηριπτόμενον ὀρθοῦται sustained, ib. 512. (Found only in pres.; formed by assimilation of σκήπτω (Ep. only in pres.) to ἐστήρικτο, στηρίξασθαι, etc. (Ep. only in tenses other than pres.).)