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English (LSJ)

   A hold fast, Apollon.Cit.1, Ruf.Anat.4; hold in the mouth, Heraclid. Tarent. ap. Gal.12.958; of splinters of bone, Aët. 15.14; keep in check, ἐπιβολάς Plb.2.51.2, etc.    II hold in possession, ib.70.3; inhabit, ib.17.5; occupy, hold, LXXJu.4.7(6), Onos. 18; ξενικοῖς ὅπλοις τὴν πόλιν D.S.14.32; δ. ἐπαρχείαν, = Lat. obtinere provinciam, OGI441.108; ἱερωσύνην Decr. ap. J.AJ14.10.4: of the head of a school, [σχολὴν] δυ' ἔτη Phld.Acad.Ind.p.100M., cf. p.108M.    III keep on foot, τὸν πόλεμον D.S.15.82.