pou sto

/ ˈpuː ˈstəʊ /

noun

1. a place upon which to stand
2. a basis of operation

Word History and Origins

Origin of pou sto¹

Greek: where I may stand, from Archimedes' saying that he could move the earth if given a place to stand

Example Sentences

First and foremost it wants support; like all the rest of us it must have its pou sto, its pied--terre, its locus standi.

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His ideal of a State was a very exalted one, and he thought, in 1876, that he needed the pou sto of the Presidency to realize it.

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Here lies the pou-sto for the lever of Governmental interference.

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He had now a pou sto, whence he could, and did, move the world of human affairs.

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