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|Definition=ή, όν, (κατέχω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">to be held back, checked</b>, θρασὺς καὶ βδελυρὸς καὶ οὐδὲ κ. ἔτι <span class="bibl">D. 21.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Fab.</span>10</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pomp.</span>66</span>; <b class="b3">τῶν πραγμάτων οὐκέτι πολλοῖς ὄντων καθεκτῶν</b> since power <b class="b2">could</b> not <b class="b2">be retained in the hands of</b> many, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Brut.</span>47</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν τῷ κ. εἶναι</b> to <b class="b2">contain</b> oneself, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Im.</span>2.6</span>. Adv. <b class="b3">οὐ -τῶς</b> <b class="b2">so as</b> not <b class="b2">to be restrained</b>, μάχεσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Her.</span>10.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">in the grip of</b>, λούπησι χαλεπῆσιν Corinn.<span class="title">Supp.</span>1.28.</span>

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