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ἴσχω
ἴσχω a form of ἔχω only in pres. and impf. to hold, check, curb, keep back, restrain, Hom.:—c. gen. to keep from, Il., Eur., etc.; also, ἴσχ. τινὰ μὴ πράσσειν Eur. intr., 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. to hold fast, hold, maintain, Il., Soph. like ἔχω, to hold or have in possession, to have, Hdt., Attic: to have a wife, Hdt.: to have a child, Hdt. intr., with an adv., to be so and so, Thuc.

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to hold, check, curb, keep back, restrain

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Headword:
ἴσχω
Headword (normalized):
ἴσχω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ισχω
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ἴσχω a form of ἔχω only in pres. and impf. to hold, check, curb, keep back, restrain, Hom.:—c. gen. to keep from, Il., Eur., etc.; also, ἴσχ. τινὰ μὴ πράσσειν Eur. intr., 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. to hold fast, hold, maintain, Il., Soph. like ἔχω, to hold or have in possession, to have, Hdt., Attic: to have a wife, Hdt.: to have a child, Hdt. intr., with an adv., to be so and so, Thuc.
IDX:
16107
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n16121
Key:
i)/sxw

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