erisma

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ĕrisma, ae, f., and ĕrisma, ătis, n., = ἔρεισμα,

a buttress , Front. Aquaed. 18; Vitr. 6, 11, 6 ( heterocl. gen. plur. : eris matorum, id. 10, 1, 2).