\Pou sto\ (p[=oo] st[=o]; pou st[=o]). [Gr. poy^ stw^
where I may stand; -- from the reputed saying of Archimedes,
``Give me where I may stand and I will move the whole world
with my steelyard.'']
A place to stand upon; a locus standi; hence, a foundation or
basis for operations.