κατοχή
νόησε δὲ δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς σαίνοντάς τε κύνας, περί τε κτύπος ἦλθε ποδοῖιν → godly Odysseus heard the fawning of dogs, and on top of that came the beat of two feet
English (LSJ)
ἡ, (κατέχω)
A holding fast, detention, τινὸς ἐν Σούσοισι Hdt.5.35; of detention by the god in the Sarapeum, UPZ5.3, 59.8, al. (ii B.C.), cf. Man. 1.239 (pl.); arrest, PAmh.2.80.9 (iii A.D.), Cod.Just.1.4.22.1; ἡ πρὸς τὸ χρέος κ. PSI4.282.28 (ii A.D.). 2 hindrance, delay, ἀνείρξεις καὶ κ. Plu.2.584e, cf. Vett. Val.43.17. 3 retention, τοῦ πνεύματος holding the breath, Gal.6.161, Alex.Aphr.Pr.1.47; retention of waste products, Gal.8.440. 4 retention in memory, Corn.ND14; μνήμη καὶ κ. Plot.4.3.29: pl., τὰς μνήμας κ. μαθημάτων καὶ αἰσθήσεων εἶναι Id.4.6.1. 5 sequestration of property, ἐν κ. PTeb.143 (ii B.C.), cf. PRyl. 174.23 (ii A.D.), etc.; lien, charge, καθαρὸς ἀπὸ πάσης κ. POxy.483.26 (ii A.D.), etc. II possession, Sm.Ca.8.11; ἐν κ. ποιεῖσθαι Men. Prot.p.30 D.; = Lat. lonorum possessio, BGU140.24 (ii A.D.); mental grasp, κοινῶν τινων Phld.Rh.1.71 S. 2 possession by a spirit, inspiration, κ. καὶ ἐνθουσιασμοί Plu.Alex.2; πάντα ἐν τῇ κ. ἀληθεύειν Arr. An.4.13.5. 3 catalepsy, Gal.9.189, 10.932; κ. τῶν ἄοθρων stiffness, Asclep. ap. eund.13.967.
