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English (LSJ)

   A hold fast, control, τὰ ὅπλα Phylarch.24; τὸν ὅλον κόσμον Herm. ap. Stob.1.15.16, cf. Iamb.Myst.4.12; ὀργάδα D.H.1.79; hold, ἐν τῷ στόματι Dsc.2.152 (Pass.), cf. Gp.12.30.3 (Pass.), etc.    2 hold in possession, BGU1047 ii 6 (ii A.D., Pass.).    3 maintain, establish, λόγον Stob.1.1.9; retain, preserve, in argument, Dam.Pr.439.    4 hold up, support, ἱστόν Erot. s.v. ὅπλα; δέπας Ath.11.492b (Pass.): metaph., support, keep alive, αὑτόν D.L.9.43.    5 hold back, detain, in Pass., πρὸς τῶν χρηστῶν App.BC2.8.