Strong G2722κατέχω
to hold back/fast
- Transliteration
- katechō
- Pronunciation
- kat-ekh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
κατ-έχω
[in LXX for אָחַז, חָזַק hi., etc.;]
1. perfective of ἔχω (M, Pr., 116; M, Th., 155),
__(a) to possess, hold fast: Luk.8:15, Jhn.5:4, Rom.1:18 (Lft., Notes, 251), 1Co.7:30 11:2, 2Co.6:10, 1Th.5:21, Heb.3:6, 14 10:23;
__(b) to lay hold of, get possession of: Luk.14:9.
2. to hold back, detain, restrain (M, Th., 156 f.): with accusative before τοῦ μή with inf., Luk.4:42; before πρός, with accusative, Phm 13; absol., τὸ κατέχον (ὁ κ.), 2Th.2:6-7.
3. Intrans., as nautical term, to put in, make for (LS, see word): Act.27:40.†
(AS)
[in LXX for אָחַז, חָזַק hi., etc.;]
1. perfective of ἔχω (M, Pr., 116; M, Th., 155),
__(a) to possess, hold fast: Luk.8:15, Jhn.5:4, Rom.1:18 (Lft., Notes, 251), 1Co.7:30 11:2, 2Co.6:10, 1Th.5:21, Heb.3:6, 14 10:23;
__(b) to lay hold of, get possession of: Luk.14:9.
2. to hold back, detain, restrain (M, Th., 156 f.): with accusative before τοῦ μή with inf., Luk.4:42; before πρός, with accusative, Phm 13; absol., τὸ κατέχον (ὁ κ.), 2Th.2:6-7.
3. Intrans., as nautical term, to put in, make for (LS, see word): Act.27:40.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2722 appears in 19 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- hold6
- keep3
- possess2
- have1
- letteth1
- make1
- retain1
- seize1
- stay1
- take1
- who1
- withholdeth1
First verses
- Matthew 21:38But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
- Luke 4:42And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.
- Luke 8:15But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
- Luke 14:9And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.
- John 5:4For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
- Acts 27:40And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
- Romans 1:18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
- Romans 7:6But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
- 1 Corinthians 7:30And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
- 1 Corinthians 11:2Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
- 1 Corinthians 15:2By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
- 2 Corinthians 6:10As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:21Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:6And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:7For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
- Philemon 1:13Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
- Hebrews 3:6But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
- Hebrews 3:14For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
- Hebrews 10:23Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
κατέχω,
future καθέξω (of duration) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.332, κατασχήσω (of momentary action) 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.72, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.42:)]aorist κατέσχον, poetry
A κατέσχεθον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 575, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 754)]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular κάσχεθε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.702)], Aeolic dialect κατέσκ [εθε] [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” la.12; _imperative_ κατάσχες 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 555 (Lyric poetry), later κατάσχε 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Epistulae” 38 (variant), “PMag.Lond.” 97.404)]; late aorist κατέσχα [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“PGen.” 54.22 (4th c.AD).)]
A.I transitive, hold fast, καλύπτρην χείρεσσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 575.)]
A.I.b hold back, withhold, εἴ με βίῃ ἀέκοντα καθέξει [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.186, compare 11.702, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.200; ἐν κολεῷ ξίφος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.6)]: check, restrain, bridle, ἑωυτόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.129, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 162c, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 112)]; [γυναῖκε] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 190; ἱππικὸν δρόμον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 754; δάκρυ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 204 (Lyric poetry))]; ὀργήν, θυμόν, ὕβριν, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1011, “OC” 874, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 555 (Lyric poetry), etc.; δύνασιν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 605 (Lyric poetry); τὴν διάνοιαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.130)]; κ. τὴν ἀγωγήν put it off, [Refs ([prev. author] 6.29)]; κ. τὸ πλῆθος ἐλευθέρως, ἰσχύϊ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.65, 3.62; κ. τινὰ πολέμῳ [prev. author] 1.103; τὰ δάκρυα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 117d, +others; τὸν γέλωτα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.5, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 184a, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 2.4)]; οὖρον hold in, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 8.407 (but -όμενα [οὖρα] as a disease, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 1.59, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.639))]; ἑαυτὸν κατέχει μὴ ἐπιπηδᾶν restrains himself from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254a)]:—passive, to be held down, γλῶσσα κατείχετο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 5.50; ἐπιθυμίας -ομένας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 554c)]; to be bound, ὁρκίοισι μεγάλοισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.29; ὑποσχέσει “PAmh.” 2.97.17 (2nd c.AD))]; τοῖς τινων ὀφειλήμασιν [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PRyl.” 117.13 (3rd c.AD))]; of a nation, to be kept under (by tyrants), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.59.)]
A.I.c detain, κ. [αὐτοὺς] ἐνιαυτόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 6.128, compare 8.57, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.100; κ. [αὐτοὺς] ὥστε μὴ ἀπιέναι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.6.11)]:—passive, to be detained, stay, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.117, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 249; περὶ Κρήτην 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.86, etc.)]
A.I.d in imprecations, inhibit (compare καταδέω[Refs 4th c.BC+ ((A) 111), “Tab.Defix.Aud.” 50.11 (4th c.BC), “PMag.Par.” 1.2077; Μανῆν καταδῶ καὶ κατέχω “Tab.Defix.” 109.)]
A.I.e place under arrest, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (PFlor. 61.60 (1st c.AD), etc.)]
A.I.f keep an oath, ὅρκον [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 526.39 (Itanos, 3rd c.BC).)]
A.I.2 c.genitive, gain possession of, be master of, τῶν ἐπιστημῶν μὴ πάνυ κ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 9a6; τῆς ὀργῆς 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 185 codices 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes; τῆς παραποταμίας βίᾳ κατέσχον 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 12.82, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 14.1.9; τῆς Ἀσίας ἐθνῶν 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Praefatio” 9)]; control, τινων [LXX (LXX.1Mac.6.27)]; ἑαυτῶν Erot.see entry προπετή; μηκέτι κατέχων ἑαυτοῦ [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.15.1, compare 1.7.3)]; cling to, τῶν κεράτων τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου [LXX (LXX.3Ki.1.51.)]
A.II possess, occupy, especiallyof rulers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 732 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 81 (_anapaest meter_))]; σῴζειν ἅπερ ἃν ἅπαξ κατάσχωσι whatever they have got, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.242)]; especially of property. enjoy possession of, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (PTeb. 5.47 (2nd c.BC))], etc. (but also, sequestrate, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (PLille 3.16 (_passive_, 3rd c.BC), etc.))]; ὡς μηδὲν ἔχοντες καὶ πάντα κατέχοντες [NT (NT.2Cor.6.10.)]
A.II.b dwell in, occupy, Ὀλύμπου αἴγλαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 609 (Lyric poetry))]; especially of tutelary gods, Παρνασίαν ὃς κ. πέτραν, of Dionysus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 603 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.1, “SIG” 662.10 (Delos, 2nd c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 10)]; of a place, μέσον ὀμφαλὸν γᾶς Φοίβου κ. δόμος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 223 (Lyric poetry))]; of the dead. θήκας Ἰλιάδος γᾶς.. κατέχουσι occupy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 454 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1167 (_anapaest meter_).)]
A.II.2 of sound, fill, οἱ δ᾽ ἀλαλητῷ πᾶν πεδίον κατέχουσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.79)]; κ. στρατόπεδον δυσφημίαις fill it with his grievous cries, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 10; οἰμωγὴ.. κατεῖχε πελαγίαν ἅλα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 427, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1133 (Lyric poetry))]:—passive, οἶκος κλαυθμῷ κατείχετο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.111.)]
A.II.3 πανδάκρυτον βιοτὰν κ. continue to live a life.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 690 (Lyric poetry).)]
A.II.4 to be spread over, cover, νὺξ.. δνοφερὴ κάτεχ᾽ οὐρανόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.269; ἡμέρα πᾶσαν κατέσχε γαῖαν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 387, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 572 (Lyric poetry))]; τίνες αὖ πόντον κατέχουσ᾽ αὖρα; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 138; ὀσμὴ.. κατὰ πᾶν ἔχει δῶ 5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 82.9)]:—passive, σελήνη.. κατείχετο.. νεφέεσσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.145, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.368, 644)]:—middle, Epic dialect aorist, κατέσχετο χερσὶ πρόσωπα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.361)]; κατασχομένη ἑανῷ having covered her face, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.419.)]
A.II.5 of the grave, confine, cover, τοὺς δ᾽ ἤδη κάτεχεν φυσίζοος αἶα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (3.243, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.301, Oracle texts cited in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.67)]; as a threat, πάρος τινὰ γαῖα καθέξει sooner shall earth cover many a one, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.629, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.427, etc.)]
A.II.6 of circumstances, etc., hold fast, have one in their power, μιν κατὰ γῆρας ἔχει χεῖράς τε πόδας τε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.497)]; ὃν θάνατος δακρυόεις καθέχει (sic) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.987; ἐχθρὰ Φάλαριν κ. φάτις 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.96; τινὰ.. λάθα κ. [prev. author] “N.” 8.24; [φθορὰ] κ. τὸν σὸν δόμον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 370)]; τύχη, πόλεμος κ. τινά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 304c, “Ep.” 317a)]; κ. κίνδυνος Σικελίαν[Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 355d; συνέβη λοιμώδη νόσον κατασχεῖν τὴν Ἰταλίαν 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.12.1)]:—passive, ὑπὸ μεγάλης ἀνάγκης κατεχόμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 858a)]: rarely in good sense, ὁ δ᾽ ὄλβιος, ὃν φᾶμαι κατέχοντ᾽ ἀγαθαί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.10; μεγάλαι κ. τύχαι γένος ὀρνίθων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1726 (Lyric poetry); εὐμοιρίας -εχούσης τὸν βίον 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.5.1.)]
A.II.6.b of circumstances, etc., prevail, prevail among, engage, ἄλλα τῶν κατεχόντων πρηγμάτων χαλεπώτερα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.40, compare 1.65)]; μεγάλοι θόρυβοι κατέχουσ᾽ ἡμᾶς murmurs are rife among us, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 142 (_anapaest meter_))]; φήμης ἀθρόας -σχούσης τὸ Ἑλληνικόν a sudden rumour having overspread Greece, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 8.15.)]
A.II.7 seize, occupy, in right of conquest, τὸ Καδμείων πέδον uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 381)]; especially in historical writers, -σχήσειν [τὴν ἀκρόπολιν] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.72; τὰ πρήγματα [prev. author] 3.143; τὰ ἐχυρά 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.27; τὰ κύκλῳ τῆς Ἀττικῆς ἁρμοσταῖς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.96; φρουραῖς τὰς πόλεις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.177d.)]
A.II.8 achieve, effect an object, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.25; πρᾶξιν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1312a33.)]
A.II.9 master, understand, οὐ κατέχω τί βούλει φράζειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 26c, compare “Men.” 72d, 1st c.AD: Cebes Philosophus 34; περὶ φύσεως κ. πάντας τοὺς λόγους 3rd c.BC(?): Sosipater Comicus 1.17, compare 33)]; κ. νοῦν στίχων grasp the sense of.., [Refs (Puchstein “epigram Gr.” p.9.)]
A.II.9.b keep in mind, remember, χρήσιμον καὶ τοῦτο κατασχεῖν τὸ στοιχεῖον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.10U., compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 26.2, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 109)]; κ. τινὰ ὀψοφάγον Chrysipp.Tyan. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 1.5e)]; κ. ὅτι, διότι, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 60.10 (3rd c.BC), 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 1251.15)]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.31U.)]
A.II.10 possess, of a god, εἰ θεός ἐστιν ὁ σὰς κατέχων φρένας [Refs (“PLit.Lond.” 52.12)]; τοιοῦτος ἔρως κατεῖχε τὴν ἄνθρωπον she was so infatuated, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 23)]; of an actor, κ. τὸ θέατρον held the audience spellbound, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demosthenes” 29)] (but, kept the audience waiting, Phoc.[Refs (19))]; of poets, μύθοις [τοὺς ἀκούοντας] κ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JTr.” 39 (variant{κατηχοῦσι}))]:—mostly in passive, of persons, to be possessed, inspired, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ion” 533e)]; ἐξ Ὁμήρου[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 536b; ἐκ θεῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 1.10; κάρῳ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 1.18)]; τὸ θέατρον κατείχετο the audience was spellbound, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Fragmenta Historica - HGM” p.247 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]; of hydrophobia patients, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Philumenus Medicus “de Venenatis Animalibus” 4.11)]; of a lover, τῷ αὐτῷ θεῷ (i.e. Ἔρωτι) κατέσχημαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 19.1)]:—also in aorist middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 244e.)]
A.III follow close upon, press hard, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.22 (uncertain reading), “Cyn.” 6.22:)] —passive [Refs (, [prev. work] 9.20.)]
A.IV bring a ship to land, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.101, 7.59, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.162a.)]
B intransitive,
B.1 (i.e. ἑαυτόν) control oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 782; οὐκέτι καθέξω 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 394; εἶπεν οὖν μὴ κατασχών 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Artoxerxes” 15; οὐ κατέσχεν 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 3.43)]: with infinitive, κ. τὸ μὴ δακρύειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 117c.)]
B.1.b stop, cease, of the wind, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 944 (Lyric poetry).)]
B.2 come from the high sea to shore, put in (see. supr. IV), νηΐ Θορικόνδε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Cererem” 126; τῆς Μαγνησίης χώρης ἐς τὸν αἰγιαλόν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.188, compare 6.101, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.25.7, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 21)]; τίνες ποτ᾽ ἐς γῆν τήνδε.. κατέσχετ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 221, compare 270, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 83 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.21, etc.: with _accusative_ loci, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1206, “Cyc.” 223)]; of a journey by land, rest, προξένων δ᾽ ἔν του κατέσχε; [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ion” 551, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.71.2: _metaphorically_, εὖ κατασχήσει)] shall come safe to land, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 503 (Lyric poetry).)]
B.3 prevail, ὁ λόγος κ. the report prevails, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.10; κληδὼν ἐν ἁπάσῃ τῇ πόλει κατεῖχεν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.130; σεισμῶν -εχόντων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.89; ὁ βορέας κατεῖχεν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 345a1, compare 360b33, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 1.5.1.)]
B.4 gain the upper hand, παρά τινι [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 262)]; gain one's purpose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.42; ὁ δὲ κατεῖχε τῇ βοῇ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 434; νομίζοντες ῥᾳδίως κατασχήσειν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1307b10.)]
C middle, keep back for oneself, embezzle, [τὰ χρήματα] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.164.)]
C.2 cover oneself, see above [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11.4.)]
C.3 hold, contain, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.26a. 7.)]
C.II aorist middle, ={κατέχω} [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 2, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.284.)]
C.II.2 in passive sense, τεαῖς ῥιπαῖσι κατασχόμενος subdued, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.10)]; καρδίαν κατέσχετο ἔρωτι was seized with, possessed by, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 27)]; see above[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11.10.)]
future καθέξω (of duration) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.332, κατασχήσω (of momentary action) 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.72, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.42:)]aorist κατέσχον, poetry
A κατέσχεθον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 575, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 754)]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular κάσχεθε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.702)], Aeolic dialect κατέσκ [εθε] [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” la.12; _imperative_ κατάσχες 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 555 (Lyric poetry), later κατάσχε 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Epistulae” 38 (variant), “PMag.Lond.” 97.404)]; late aorist κατέσχα [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“PGen.” 54.22 (4th c.AD).)]
A.I transitive, hold fast, καλύπτρην χείρεσσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 575.)]
A.I.b hold back, withhold, εἴ με βίῃ ἀέκοντα καθέξει [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.186, compare 11.702, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.200; ἐν κολεῷ ξίφος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.6)]: check, restrain, bridle, ἑωυτόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.129, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 162c, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 112)]; [γυναῖκε] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 190; ἱππικὸν δρόμον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 754; δάκρυ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 204 (Lyric poetry))]; ὀργήν, θυμόν, ὕβριν, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1011, “OC” 874, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 555 (Lyric poetry), etc.; δύνασιν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 605 (Lyric poetry); τὴν διάνοιαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.130)]; κ. τὴν ἀγωγήν put it off, [Refs ([prev. author] 6.29)]; κ. τὸ πλῆθος ἐλευθέρως, ἰσχύϊ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.65, 3.62; κ. τινὰ πολέμῳ [prev. author] 1.103; τὰ δάκρυα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 117d, +others; τὸν γέλωτα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.5, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 184a, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 2.4)]; οὖρον hold in, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 8.407 (but -όμενα [οὖρα] as a disease, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 1.59, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.639))]; ἑαυτὸν κατέχει μὴ ἐπιπηδᾶν restrains himself from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254a)]:—passive, to be held down, γλῶσσα κατείχετο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 5.50; ἐπιθυμίας -ομένας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 554c)]; to be bound, ὁρκίοισι μεγάλοισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.29; ὑποσχέσει “PAmh.” 2.97.17 (2nd c.AD))]; τοῖς τινων ὀφειλήμασιν [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PRyl.” 117.13 (3rd c.AD))]; of a nation, to be kept under (by tyrants), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.59.)]
A.I.c detain, κ. [αὐτοὺς] ἐνιαυτόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 6.128, compare 8.57, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.100; κ. [αὐτοὺς] ὥστε μὴ ἀπιέναι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.6.11)]:—passive, to be detained, stay, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.117, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 249; περὶ Κρήτην 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.86, etc.)]
A.I.d in imprecations, inhibit (compare καταδέω[Refs 4th c.BC+ ((A) 111), “Tab.Defix.Aud.” 50.11 (4th c.BC), “PMag.Par.” 1.2077; Μανῆν καταδῶ καὶ κατέχω “Tab.Defix.” 109.)]
A.I.e place under arrest, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (PFlor. 61.60 (1st c.AD), etc.)]
A.I.f keep an oath, ὅρκον [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 526.39 (Itanos, 3rd c.BC).)]
A.I.2 c.genitive, gain possession of, be master of, τῶν ἐπιστημῶν μὴ πάνυ κ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 9a6; τῆς ὀργῆς 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 185 codices 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes; τῆς παραποταμίας βίᾳ κατέσχον 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 12.82, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 14.1.9; τῆς Ἀσίας ἐθνῶν 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Praefatio” 9)]; control, τινων [LXX (LXX.1Mac.6.27)]; ἑαυτῶν Erot.see entry προπετή; μηκέτι κατέχων ἑαυτοῦ [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.15.1, compare 1.7.3)]; cling to, τῶν κεράτων τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου [LXX (LXX.3Ki.1.51.)]
A.II possess, occupy, especiallyof rulers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 732 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 81 (_anapaest meter_))]; σῴζειν ἅπερ ἃν ἅπαξ κατάσχωσι whatever they have got, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.242)]; especially of property. enjoy possession of, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (PTeb. 5.47 (2nd c.BC))], etc. (but also, sequestrate, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (PLille 3.16 (_passive_, 3rd c.BC), etc.))]; ὡς μηδὲν ἔχοντες καὶ πάντα κατέχοντες [NT (NT.2Cor.6.10.)]
A.II.b dwell in, occupy, Ὀλύμπου αἴγλαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 609 (Lyric poetry))]; especially of tutelary gods, Παρνασίαν ὃς κ. πέτραν, of Dionysus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 603 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.1, “SIG” 662.10 (Delos, 2nd c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 10)]; of a place, μέσον ὀμφαλὸν γᾶς Φοίβου κ. δόμος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 223 (Lyric poetry))]; of the dead. θήκας Ἰλιάδος γᾶς.. κατέχουσι occupy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 454 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1167 (_anapaest meter_).)]
A.II.2 of sound, fill, οἱ δ᾽ ἀλαλητῷ πᾶν πεδίον κατέχουσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.79)]; κ. στρατόπεδον δυσφημίαις fill it with his grievous cries, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 10; οἰμωγὴ.. κατεῖχε πελαγίαν ἅλα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 427, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1133 (Lyric poetry))]:—passive, οἶκος κλαυθμῷ κατείχετο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.111.)]
A.II.3 πανδάκρυτον βιοτὰν κ. continue to live a life.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 690 (Lyric poetry).)]
A.II.4 to be spread over, cover, νὺξ.. δνοφερὴ κάτεχ᾽ οὐρανόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.269; ἡμέρα πᾶσαν κατέσχε γαῖαν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 387, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 572 (Lyric poetry))]; τίνες αὖ πόντον κατέχουσ᾽ αὖρα; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 138; ὀσμὴ.. κατὰ πᾶν ἔχει δῶ 5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 82.9)]:—passive, σελήνη.. κατείχετο.. νεφέεσσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.145, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.368, 644)]:—middle, Epic dialect aorist, κατέσχετο χερσὶ πρόσωπα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.361)]; κατασχομένη ἑανῷ having covered her face, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.419.)]
A.II.5 of the grave, confine, cover, τοὺς δ᾽ ἤδη κάτεχεν φυσίζοος αἶα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (3.243, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.301, Oracle texts cited in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.67)]; as a threat, πάρος τινὰ γαῖα καθέξει sooner shall earth cover many a one, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.629, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.427, etc.)]
A.II.6 of circumstances, etc., hold fast, have one in their power, μιν κατὰ γῆρας ἔχει χεῖράς τε πόδας τε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.497)]; ὃν θάνατος δακρυόεις καθέχει (sic) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.987; ἐχθρὰ Φάλαριν κ. φάτις 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.96; τινὰ.. λάθα κ. [prev. author] “N.” 8.24; [φθορὰ] κ. τὸν σὸν δόμον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 370)]; τύχη, πόλεμος κ. τινά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 304c, “Ep.” 317a)]; κ. κίνδυνος Σικελίαν[Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 355d; συνέβη λοιμώδη νόσον κατασχεῖν τὴν Ἰταλίαν 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.12.1)]:—passive, ὑπὸ μεγάλης ἀνάγκης κατεχόμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 858a)]: rarely in good sense, ὁ δ᾽ ὄλβιος, ὃν φᾶμαι κατέχοντ᾽ ἀγαθαί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.10; μεγάλαι κ. τύχαι γένος ὀρνίθων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1726 (Lyric poetry); εὐμοιρίας -εχούσης τὸν βίον 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.5.1.)]
A.II.6.b of circumstances, etc., prevail, prevail among, engage, ἄλλα τῶν κατεχόντων πρηγμάτων χαλεπώτερα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.40, compare 1.65)]; μεγάλοι θόρυβοι κατέχουσ᾽ ἡμᾶς murmurs are rife among us, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 142 (_anapaest meter_))]; φήμης ἀθρόας -σχούσης τὸ Ἑλληνικόν a sudden rumour having overspread Greece, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 8.15.)]
A.II.7 seize, occupy, in right of conquest, τὸ Καδμείων πέδον uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 381)]; especially in historical writers, -σχήσειν [τὴν ἀκρόπολιν] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.72; τὰ πρήγματα [prev. author] 3.143; τὰ ἐχυρά 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.27; τὰ κύκλῳ τῆς Ἀττικῆς ἁρμοσταῖς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.96; φρουραῖς τὰς πόλεις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.177d.)]
A.II.8 achieve, effect an object, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.25; πρᾶξιν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1312a33.)]
A.II.9 master, understand, οὐ κατέχω τί βούλει φράζειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 26c, compare “Men.” 72d, 1st c.AD: Cebes Philosophus 34; περὶ φύσεως κ. πάντας τοὺς λόγους 3rd c.BC(?): Sosipater Comicus 1.17, compare 33)]; κ. νοῦν στίχων grasp the sense of.., [Refs (Puchstein “epigram Gr.” p.9.)]
A.II.9.b keep in mind, remember, χρήσιμον καὶ τοῦτο κατασχεῖν τὸ στοιχεῖον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.10U., compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 26.2, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 109)]; κ. τινὰ ὀψοφάγον Chrysipp.Tyan. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 1.5e)]; κ. ὅτι, διότι, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 60.10 (3rd c.BC), 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 1251.15)]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.31U.)]
A.II.10 possess, of a god, εἰ θεός ἐστιν ὁ σὰς κατέχων φρένας [Refs (“PLit.Lond.” 52.12)]; τοιοῦτος ἔρως κατεῖχε τὴν ἄνθρωπον she was so infatuated, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 23)]; of an actor, κ. τὸ θέατρον held the audience spellbound, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demosthenes” 29)] (but, kept the audience waiting, Phoc.[Refs (19))]; of poets, μύθοις [τοὺς ἀκούοντας] κ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JTr.” 39 (variant{κατηχοῦσι}))]:—mostly in passive, of persons, to be possessed, inspired, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ion” 533e)]; ἐξ Ὁμήρου[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 536b; ἐκ θεῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 1.10; κάρῳ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 1.18)]; τὸ θέατρον κατείχετο the audience was spellbound, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Fragmenta Historica - HGM” p.247 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]; of hydrophobia patients, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Philumenus Medicus “de Venenatis Animalibus” 4.11)]; of a lover, τῷ αὐτῷ θεῷ (i.e. Ἔρωτι) κατέσχημαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 19.1)]:—also in aorist middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 244e.)]
A.III follow close upon, press hard, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.22 (uncertain reading), “Cyn.” 6.22:)] —passive [Refs (, [prev. work] 9.20.)]
A.IV bring a ship to land, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.101, 7.59, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.162a.)]
B intransitive,
B.1 (i.e. ἑαυτόν) control oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 782; οὐκέτι καθέξω 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 394; εἶπεν οὖν μὴ κατασχών 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Artoxerxes” 15; οὐ κατέσχεν 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 3.43)]: with infinitive, κ. τὸ μὴ δακρύειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 117c.)]
B.1.b stop, cease, of the wind, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 944 (Lyric poetry).)]
B.2 come from the high sea to shore, put in (see. supr. IV), νηΐ Θορικόνδε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Cererem” 126; τῆς Μαγνησίης χώρης ἐς τὸν αἰγιαλόν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.188, compare 6.101, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.25.7, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 21)]; τίνες ποτ᾽ ἐς γῆν τήνδε.. κατέσχετ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 221, compare 270, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 83 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.21, etc.: with _accusative_ loci, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1206, “Cyc.” 223)]; of a journey by land, rest, προξένων δ᾽ ἔν του κατέσχε; [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ion” 551, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.71.2: _metaphorically_, εὖ κατασχήσει)] shall come safe to land, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 503 (Lyric poetry).)]
B.3 prevail, ὁ λόγος κ. the report prevails, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.10; κληδὼν ἐν ἁπάσῃ τῇ πόλει κατεῖχεν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.130; σεισμῶν -εχόντων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.89; ὁ βορέας κατεῖχεν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 345a1, compare 360b33, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 1.5.1.)]
B.4 gain the upper hand, παρά τινι [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 262)]; gain one's purpose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.42; ὁ δὲ κατεῖχε τῇ βοῇ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 434; νομίζοντες ῥᾳδίως κατασχήσειν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1307b10.)]
C middle, keep back for oneself, embezzle, [τὰ χρήματα] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.164.)]
C.2 cover oneself, see above [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11.4.)]
C.3 hold, contain, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.26a. 7.)]
C.II aorist middle, ={κατέχω} [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 2, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.284.)]
C.II.2 in passive sense, τεαῖς ῥιπαῖσι κατασχόμενος subdued, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.10)]; καρδίαν κατέσχετο ἔρωτι was seized with, possessed by, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 27)]; see above[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11.10.)]