detain
From LSJ
νόσημα γὰρ αἴσχιστον εἶναί φημι συνθέτους λόγους → for I consider false words to be the foulest sickness
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. κατέχειν; see also check.
keep in ward: P. ἐν φυλακῇ ἔχειν.
be detained, be long: P. and V. χρονίζειν, V. χρόνιος εἶναι.
