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κάτοχος

κάτοχος, holding down, holding fast, tenacious

κάτοχος, ον, (κατέχω)
  • holding down, γῆ Tab.Defix. 101.1 (iv B.C.); κ. λίθοι, of sepulchral stones, Hsch.; κ. alone, tombstone, IG 3.1425a; also, οἰκουμένης κ., of ocean, Secund. Sent. 2.
      • 2 holding fast, μοχλοί LXX Jn. 2.7; δεσμοί Plu. Fort.Rom. 2.321d; φάρμακα κ. τῶν ἐμβρύων drugs which prevent miscarriage, Aët. 16.21; retentive, of memory, Plu. Cat.Mi. 1; secure, κτῆσις κ. καὶ βέβαιος D.H. Isoc. 9.
      • 3 possessing, inspiring, Μοῦσα Asp. ap. Ath. 5.219d; in magic, inhibiting, Ἑρμῆς Tab.Defix. 89.2 (iv B.C.), al.
    • II Pass., kept down, held fast, κάτοχʼ ἀμαυροῦσθαι σκότῳ A. Pers. 223 (troch.); overpowered, overcome, ὕπνῳ S. Tr. 978 (anap.); subject, Ἄρει E. Hec. 1090 (lyr.).
      • 2 possessed, inspired, δαίμονί τινι Arist. Mir. 846b24; τῷ Σαβαζίῳ Iamb. Myst. 3.9; ἐκ θεοῦ Plu. Rom. 19, etc.; ἐκ τοῦ θείου Arr. An. 4.13.5; ἐκ Μουσῶν Luc. Hist.Conscr. 8; ἐξ Ἄρεως Polyaen. 1.20; ἐκ πυξίου Luc. Ind. 15; στροφὴν ὁλοσώματον ὥσπερ οἱ κ. δινεύοντες Hld. 4.17, cf. 8.11, 10.9; also perh. of cloistered worshippers, recluses, οἱ κ. οὐρανίου Διός OGI 262.25 (Baetocaece, iii A.D.), cf. CIG 4475 (ibid., iii A.D.): abs., Cleanth.Stoic. 1.123; ἐν ἱεροῖς κ. Vett.Val. 73.24.
      • 3 cataleptic, of disease, Hp. Prorrh. 1.92, cf. Gal. 16.696.
        • b suffering from catalepsy, Id. 9.189.
    • III Subst. κάτοχος, ὁ, handle of a τρύπανον, Hsch. s.v. κατωχάνης: pl. κάτοχα, Id.
      • 2 bandage, Gal. 18(1).785.
      • 3 inhibitory spell, PMag.Par. 1.1052, 2.162, Tab.Defix.Aud. 187.55.
      • 4 pl., processes on the second cervical vertebra, Poll. 2.132.
    • IV Adv. κατόχως retentively, of the memory, Hermipp. 21.
      • 2 in fast colours, βεβάφθαι AB 237.
      • 3 as if possessed, Ael. VH 3.9, Poll. 1.16.
      • 4 accompanied by catalepsy, Hp. Coac. 570, al.

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