κάτοχος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=κάτοχον, ([[κατέχω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[holding down]], γῆ ''Tab.Defix.''101.1 (iv B.C.); <b class="b3">κ. λίθοι</b>, of sepulchral stones, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]; [[κ]]. alone, [[tombstone]], IG3.1425a; also, <b class="b3">οἰκουμένης κ.</b>, of ocean, [[Secundus|Secund.]]''[[Sententiae|Sent.]]''2.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[holding fast]], μοχλοί [[LXX]] ''Jn.''2.7; δεσμοί Plu.2.321d; <b class="b3">φάρμακα κ. τῶν ἐμβρύων</b> drugs which prevent miscarriage, Aët. 16.21; [[retentive]], of memory, Plu. ''Cat.Mi.''1; [[secure]], κτῆσις κ. καὶ βέβαιος D.H.''Isoc.''9.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[possessing]], [[inspiring]], Μοῦσα Asp. ap. Ath.5.219d; in magic, [[inhibiting]], Ἑρμῆς ''Tab.Defix.''89.2 (iv B.C.), al.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Pass., [[kept down]], [[held fast]], κάτοχ' ἀμαυροῦσθαι σκότῳ [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''223 (troch.); [[overpowered]], [[overcome]], ὕπνῳ S. ''Tr.''978 (anap.); [[subject]], Ἄρει E.''Hec.''1090 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[possessed]], [[inspired]], δαίμονί τινι Arist.''Mir.''846b24; τῷ Σαβαζίῳ Iamb.''Myst.'' 3.9; ἐκ θεοῦ Plu.''Rom.''19, etc.; ἐκ τοῦ θείου Arr.''An.''4.13.5; ἐκ Μουσῶν Luc.''Hist.Conscr.''8; ἐξ Ἄρεως Polyaen.1.20; ἐκ πυξίου Luc.''Ind.'' 15; στροφὴν ὁλοσώματον ὥσπερ οἱ κ. δινεύοντες Hld.4.17, cf. 8.11, 10.9; also perhaps of [[cloistered worshippers]], [[recluses]], οἱ κ. οὐρανίου Διός ''OGI''262.25 (Baetocaece, iii A.D.), cf. ''CIG''4475 (ibid., iii A.D.): abs., Cleanth.Stoic.1.123; <b class="b3">ἐν ἱεροῖς κ.</b> Vett. Val.73.24.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[cataleptic]], of disease, Hp.''Prorrh.''1.92, cf. Gal.16.696.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[suffering from catalepsy]], Id.9.189.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Subst. [[κάτοχος]], ὁ, [[handle]] of a [[τρύπανον]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]] [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[κατωχάνης]]: pl. [[κάτοχα]], Id.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[bandage]], Gal.18(1).785.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[inhibitory spell]], PMag.Par.1.1052, 2.162, ''Tab.Defix.Aud.''187.55.<br><span class="bld">4</span> pl., [[processes on the second cervical vertebra]], Poll.2.132.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> Adv. [[κατόχως]] [[retentively]], of the memory, Hermipp.21.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[in fast colours]], βεβάφθαι ''AB''237.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[as if possessed]], Ael.''VH''3.9, Poll.1.16.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[accompanied by catalepsy]], Hp.''Coac.''570, al.