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verb

P. and V. ἔχεσθαι (gen.), ἀντέχεσθαι (gen.), λαμβάνεσθαι (gen.), ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι (gen.), P. γλίχεσθαι (gen.), V. ἀντιλάζυσθαι (gen.).

abide by: P. and V. ἐμμένειν (dat.).

cling fast to: V. ἄπριξ ἔχεσθαι (gen.), Ar. προσέχεσθαι (dat.).

embrace: P. and V. ἀσπάζεσθαι, V. περιπτύσσειν (Plato also but rare P.), προσπτύσσειν (or mid.), ἐμφῦναι (dat.) (2nd aor. ἐμφύειν), P. ἐκκρεμάννυσθαι (gen.) (Thuc., 7, 75), V. ἐκκρήμνασθαι (gen.), ἐξαρτᾶσθαι (gen.).

clinging to one another: V. ἐπ' ἀλλήλοισιν ἀμφικείμενοι (Sophocles, Oedipus Coloneus 1620).

clinging to one hope after another: P. ἀναρτώμενοι ἐλπίσιν ἐξ ελπίδων (Dem. 346).