ἴσχω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=redupl. form of [[ἔχω]] (only found in pres., and impf. Act. and Pass., Ep. inf. [[ἰσχέμεναι]], [[ἰσχέμεν]], Od.20.330, Il.17.501), but in Hom. and Hes. almost always with a limited sense,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[keep back]], [[restrain]] (v. infr. 11), δέος ἴσχει τινά Il.5.812,817, etc.; ἴ. τινὰ ἀνάγκῃ Od.4.558; θυμὸν ἴ. ἐν στήθεσσι Il.9.256; Ζεὺς ἴσχεν ἑὸν μένος Hes.''Th.''687; <b class="b3">οὐδ' ἔτι σηκοὶ ἴσχουσι</b> (the calves) Od.10.413; [πρὼν] ἴσχει ῥέεθρα Il.17.750; <b class="b3">ἵππους ἴ.</b> 15.456, etc.; ἶσχον βουλομένους τοὺς ἑπτὰ ἐς τὸ πρόσω παριέναι Hdt.3.77; μηδὲν ἡμᾶς ἰσχέτω Ar.''V.''1264; [[οὐδέποτέ γ' ἴσχει θύρα]], [[proverb|prov.]] = the doors fly wide open, of those who keep open house, Eup.265; ἴσχε στόμα E.''HF''1244; ἴσχε δακὼν στόμα σόν S.''Tr.''976 (anap.); τὸ ἴσχον τὴν πορείαν X.''An.''6.5.13; <b class="b3">χείμαρρον.. ἕρκεα ἴσχει ἀλωάων</b> [[keep]] it [[back]], Il.5.90: c. gen., <b class="b3">ξίφος ἴ. τινός</b> to [[keep]] it [[from]] him, E.''Hel.''1656; <b class="b3">ἴ. τῆς ῥοῆς, τοῦ ἰέναι</b>, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''416b, 420e: followed by inf., ἴ. τινὰ μὴ πράσσειν E.''IA''661:—Pass., to [[be checked]], Gal.''UP''15.3: also impers., <b class="b3">ἐν τούτῳ ἴσχετο</b> here [[the matter stopped]], X.''An.''6.3.9.<br><span class="bld">2</span> abs., [[ἴσχε]] = [[hold]], [[stay]], [[stop]]! A.''Ch.''1052, S.''Ichn.''95; of ships, [[put in]], [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Th.2.91; Pol† ταῖς πόλεσι Id.7.35, cf. A.R.2.390; of rivers, [[stop]], Arr.''An.''5. 9.4:—in this sense Hom. uses Med. or Pass., ἴσχεσθ' Ἀργεῖοι, μὴ φεύγετε Od.24.54, cf. Il.3.82; ἴσχεο [[check thyself]], [[be calm]], 1.214, 2.247, Od.22.356, etc.; [[keep quiet]], 11.251: c. gen., <b class="b3">ἴσχεσθαί τινος</b> [[desist from]] a thing, 18.347, 24.323.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[hold fast]], [[hold]], once in Hom., [κανόνα] ἀγχόθι στήθεος Il.23.762, cf. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''575, ''Ph.''1111 (lyr.): metaph., [[keep]], [[maintain]], εὐφημίαν Id.''Tr.''178; <b class="b3">ἐλπίσιν ἴ. τι</b> ib.138; γνώμαν Id.''Ph.''853 (lyr.); ἐπιστήμην λαβόντα ἴσχειν Pl.''Tht.''198a; of outward matters, <b class="b3">ὀδύνη ἴ. τὴν γαστέρα</b> [[affect]]s it, Hp.''Nat.Mul.''14; τὸν αἶσ' ἄπλατος ἴσχει [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''256 (lyr.); αἱ ἄτομοι τὸν παλμὸν ἴσχουσι [[keep up]], Epicur.''Ep.''1p.8U.:—Pass., φθόῃ ἴσχεσθαι Isoc.19.11 (s.v.l., [[σχόμενον]] Blass); also <b class="b3">τὸ ἰσχόμενον κατὰ διαφοράν</b> that which is [[permanent]] in [[distinction]], Chrysipp.Stoic.2.128.<br><span class="bld">III</span> after Hom., [[hold]] or [[have in possession]], [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Hdt.3.39, Th.3.58; [[have a wife]], Hdt.5.92.β'; of women, <b class="b3">ἴ. ἐν γαστρί</b> or simply ἴ. to [[be pregnant]], Hp. ''Epid.''2.2.18, etc.; <b class="b3">μετὰ τοῦτον ἴ. Κλεόμβροτον</b> [[conceive]]s Cl., Hdt.5.41: generally, like [[ἔχω]], ἴσχε κἀμοῦ μνῆστιν [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''520; <b class="b3">λῆστιν ἴ.</b> to be forgetful, Id.''OC''584; [[ἄλγος]] ἴ. Id.''OT''1031; <b class="b3">γνώμαν ἴ.</b>, = [[γνῶναι]], Id.''El.'' 214 (lyr.); ἴ. δοῦλον βίον Id.''Tr.''302; νοῦν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 181d; ἐπωνυμίαν Id.''Prm.''130e; χρώματα Hp.''Prog.''12; κακώσιας Id.''Art.''61; [[receive]], [πεμπάδα] ''SIG''57.35 (Milet., v B.C.); <b class="b3">ἰσχέτω δίκην καὶ ὑπεχέτω</b> ib. 286.15 (iv B.C.), cf. ''IG''5(2).357.23 (Stymphalus, iii B.C.): c. dupl. acc., ἴ. τινὰ ξύνευνον [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1301; θεὸν οὐ λήξω προστάταν ἴσχων Id.''OT''882 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[have in it]], [[involve]], ὄλβος ἴ. φθόνον Pi.''P.''11.29; <b class="b3">μετάστασιν ἴ.</b> to [[be susceptible]], [[be capable of]] [[cure]], Hp.''Aph.''5.7; ἀνάληψιν μετ' [[εὐπέτεια|εὐπετείας]] Pl.''Ti.''83e; to [[be worth]], dub. l. in Plb.5.26.13; v. [[ἰσχύω]] 3.<br><span class="bld">3</span> intr., to [[be]], like [[ἔχω]], ἀπολέμως ἴσχοντες [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Politicus|Plt.]]'' 307e; εὖ ἴ. τὸ σῶμα Id.''R.''411c; ὧδε Id.''Phlb.''38c; τοῖς πᾶσι χαλεπώτερον Th.7.50.