ἐπίσχειν

From LSJ

μή μοι θεοὺς καλοῦσα βουλεύου κακῶς· πειθαρχία γάρ ἐστι τῆς εὐπραξίας μήτηρ, γυνὴ Σωτῆρος· ὦδ᾽ ἔχει λόγος → When you invoke the gods, do not be ill-advised. For Obedience is the mother of Success, wife of Salvation—as the saying goes.

Source

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also ἐπίσχω, ἐπώχατο): check, control, delay, detain, stop, set bounds to