ἴσχω

ἴσχω, 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,

• keep back, restrain (v. infr. II), 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; οὐδʼ ἔτι σηκοὶ ἴσχουσι (the calves) Od. 10.413; [πρὼν] ἴσχει ῥέεθρα Il. 17.750; ἵππους ἴ. 15.456, etc.; ἶσχον βουλομένους τοὺς ἑπτὰ ἐς τὸ πρόσω παριέναι Hdt. 3.77; μηδὲν ἡμᾶς ἰσχέτω Ar. V. 1264; οὐδέποτέ γʼ ἴσχει θύρα, prov. 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; χείμαρρον . . ἕρκεα ἴσχει ἀλωάων keep it back, Il. 5.90: c. gen., ξίφος ἴ. τινός to keep it from him, E. Hel. 1656; ἴ. τῆς ῥοῆς, τοῦ ἰέναι, Pl. Cra. 416b, 420e: folld. by inf., ἴ. τινὰ μὴ πράσσειν E. IA 661:—Pass., to be checked, Gal. UP 15.3: also impers., ἐν τούτῳ ἴσχετο here the matter stopped, X. An. 6.3.9.
• • • 2 abs., ἴσχε hold, stay, stop! A. Ch. 1052, S. Ichn. 95; of ships, put in, v.l. in Th. 2.91; πρὸς 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., ἴσχεσθʼ 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., ἴσχεσθαί τινος desist from a thing, 18.347, 24.323.
  • II hold fast, hold, once in Hom., [κανόνα] ἀγχόθι στήθεος Il. 23.762, cf. S. Aj. 575, Ph. 1111 (lyr.): metaph., keep, maintain, εὐφημίαν Id. Tr. 178; ἐλπίσιν ἴ. τι ib. 138; γνώμαν Id. Ph. 853 (lyr.); ἐπιστήμην λαβόντα ἴσχειν Pl. Tht. 198a; of outward matters, ὀδύνη ἴ. τὴν γαστέρα affects it, Hp. Nat.Mul. 14; τὸν αἶσʼ ἄπλατος ἴσχει S. Aj. 256 (lyr.); αἱ ἄτομοι τὸν παλμὸν ἴσχουσι keep up, Epicur. Ep. 1 p.8 U.:—Pass., φθόῃ ἴσχεσθαι Isoc. 19.11 (s.v.l., σχόμενον Blass); also τὸ ἰσχόμενον κατὰ διαφοράν that which is permanent in distinction, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.128.
  • III after Hom., hold or have in possession, v.l. in Hdt. 3.39, Th. 3.58; have a wife, Hdt. 5.92.βʹ; of women, ἴ. ἐν γαστρί or simply ἴ. to be pregnant, Hp. Epid. 2.2.18, etc.; μετὰ τοῦτον ἴ. Κλεόμβροτον conceives Cl., Hdt. 5.41: generally, like ἔχω, ἴσχε κἀμοῦ μνῆστιν S. Aj. 520; λῆστιν ἴ. to be forgetful, Id. OC 584; ἄλγος ἴ. Id. OT 1031; γνώμαν ἴ., = γνῶναι, Id. El. 214 (lyr.); ἴ. δοῦλον βίον Id. Tr. 302; νοῦν Pl. Smp. 181d; ἐπωνυμίαν Id. Prm. 130e; χρώματα Hp. Prog. 12; κακώσιας Id. Art. 61; receive, [πεμπάδα] SIG 57.35 (Milet., v B.C.); ἰσχέτω δίκην καὶ ὑπεχέτω ib. 286.15 (iv B.C.), cf. IG 5(2).357.23 (Stymphalus, iii B.C.): c. dupl. acc., ἴ. τινὰ ξύνευνον S. Aj. 1301; θεὸν οὐ λήξω προστάταν ἴσχων Id. OT 882 (lyr.).
  • • 2 have in it, involve, ὄλβος ἴ. φθόνον Pi. P. 11.29; μετάστασιν ἴ. to be susceptible, capable of cure, Hp. Aph. 5.7; ἀνάληψιν μετʼ εὐπετείας Pl. Ti. 83e; to be worth, dub. l. in Plb. 5.26.13; v. ἰσχύω 3.
    • 3 intr., to be, like ἔχω, ἀπολέμως ἴσχοντες Pl. Plt. 307e; εὖ ἴ. τὸ σῶμα Id. R. 411c; ὧδε Id. Phlb. 38c; τοῖς πᾶσι χαλεπώτερον Th. 7.50.

ἴσχω, verstärkte Form von ἔχω, nur praes. u. impf., halten, anhalten, zurückhalten, hemmen, Hom. u. Folgende ; τινά τινος, Il. 5.90 ; vgl. Eur. Hel. 1656 ; οὐδʼ ἄρʼ ἔτι Ζεὺς ἴσχεν ἑὸν μένος Hes. Th. 687 ; ἴσχειν δʼ οὐκέτι πηγὰς δύναμαι δακρύων Soph. Ant. 796 ; φθόνον, αἰετοῦ ῥόμβον, Pind. P. 9.29, I. 3.65 ; ἴσχε στόμα Eur. Herc.Fur. 1244 ; μηδὲν ἡμᾶς ἰσχέτω Ar. Vesp. 1264 ; ἴσχω τινὰ μή – Her. 1.158 ; καὶ ἐμποδίζω Plat. Crat. 416b ; ὅ, τι τὸ ἴσχον εἴη, was das Hindernis sei, Xen. An. 6.3.13 ; festhalten, halten, λαβὼν ἴσχε Soph. Aj. 574 ; ἐπιστήμην, im Ggstz von ἀφιέναι, Plat.; – παῖδας, Kinder haben, bekommen, Her. 5.41 ; ἐν γαστρὶ ἴσχειν, schwanger sein, Hippocr.; – das Schiff wohin halten, anlanden, Ap.Rh. 2.389 ; Thuc. 7.35, 2.91. In den andern Bdtgn von ἔχω ist es selten gebraucht (s. ἔχω), z.B. εὖ ἴσχων τὸ σῶμα Plat. Rep. III.411c ; πράγματα χαλεπώτερον ἴσχοντα Thuc. 7.50.
Med. an sich halten, ἴσχεσθʼ Ἀργεῖοι, μὴ φεύγετε Od. 24.54, vgl. Il. 2.247 ; ἴσχεσθε πτολέμου, lasset ab vom Kampf, Od. 24.531. So auch act., sc. ἑαυτόν, ἴσχε Aesch. Ch. 1048, halte dich, bleibe ; χειμῶνος ἴσχουσιν οἱ ποταμοὶ ὀλίγοι τε γίγνονται Arr. An. 5.9.8. – Pol. 5.26.13 τάλαντον ἴσχειν, halten, wert sein ; – ἴσχετο ἐν τούτῳ, dabei blieb es, es blieb beim Alten, der Vertrag kam nicht zu Stande, Xen. An. 6.1.9.

ἴσχω

[σίσχω. Redup. fr. (σ)ἐχ-, ἔχω.]

(ἀν-, ἀντ-, ἀπ-, ἐξ-, ἐπ-, κατα-, παρ-, ὑπίσχομαι).

• I
• • 1

    To hold in a specified position: ἐφʼ αἵματι φάσγανον ἴσχων Od. 11.82. Cf. Il. 5.798, Il. 23.762.

  • 2

    To debar from freedom, keep within limits: ἥ μιν ἀνάγκῃ ἴσχει Od. 4.558=Od. 5.15=Od. 17.144. Cf. Od. 10.413.

    To lay restraint upon: θυμόν Il. 9.256.

    To hold back, hold in check Il. 9.352.

  • 3

    To keep back from action, stay, restrain: οὐδέ μιν ἴσχε ποταμός Il. 21.303. Cf. Il. 15.657, Il. 20.139: Od. 20.330.

    To keep back, stay, restrain from.

    With genit.: πολέμου Il. 24.404.

  • 4

    To hold (horses) in hand Il. 15.456, Il. 17.501.

  • 5

    To hold back, withstand, sustain the pressure of: ποταμῶν ῥέεθρα Il. 17.750. Cf. Il. 5.90.

  • 6

    Of a feeling, to hold, affect, possess: δέος σʼ ἴσχει Il. 5.812. Cf. Il. 5.817, Il. 13.224.

  • 7

    To hold out, stand firm: ἴσχον πυργηδὸν ἀρηρότες Il. 15.618.

• II

  In mid.

• • 1

    To put constraint on oneself, refrain, forbear, cease, let be: σὺ δʼ ἴσχεο Il. 1.214. Cf. Il. 2.247, Il. 3.82: Od. 11.251, Od. 22.356, 367, 411, Od. 24.54, 543.

    To restrain oneself from, refrain, forbear, cease from.

    With genit.: λώβης Od. 18.347=Od. 20.285. Cf. Od. 24.323, 531.

  • 2

    To stop or stay oneself in one’s course: οὐδʼ ἔθελε προρέειν, ἀλλʼ ἴσχετο Il. 21.366.

ἴσχω

• • a have, bring with one ἴσχει τε γὰρ ὄλβος οὐ μείονα φθόνον P. 11.29 σοφίαν ἃν ὀλίγον τοι ἀνὴρ ὑπὲρ ἀνδρὸς ἴσχει (v. l. in codd. Stobaei: ἰσχύει v. l. Stob.: ἔχειν Clem. Alex.) fr. 61. 2.
  • b restrain ἀλώπηξ, αἰετοῦ ἅ τʼ ἀναπιτναμένα ῥόμβον ἴσχει (v. l. ἰσχύει: v. ἀναπίτναμι) I. 4.47

ἴσχω (σισέχω, root σεχ, ἔχω), inf. ἰσχέμεναι, mid. ipf. ἴσχετο: hold in the simplest sense, then hold back, check, restrain, τινός, ‘from’ something, Il. 5.90; mid., restrain oneself, stop, desist from (τινός), Od. 22.367, Od. 24.54.

ἴσχω a form of ἔχω only in pres. and impf.

• • Ito hold, check, curb, keep back, restrain, Hom.:—c. gen. to keep from, Il., Eur., etc.; also, ἴσχ. τινὰ μὴ πράσσειν Eur.
  • • 2intr., ἴσχε hold, stay, stop, Aesch.; of ships, to lie at anchor, Thuc.:—so in Pass., ἴσχεσθʼ Ἀργεῖοι, μὴ φεύγετε Od.; ἴσχεο Hom.:—c. gen., ἴσχεσθαί τινος to desist from, Od.: ἴσχετο impers., here it stopped, Xen.
  • IIto hold fast, hold, maintain, Il., Soph.
  • IIIlike ἔχω, to hold or have in possession, to have, Hdt., Attic: to have a wife, Hdt.: to have a child, Hdt.
  • • 2intr., with an adv., to be so and so, Thuc.