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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.

ShortDef

to hold, check, curb, keep back, restrain

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Headword:

ἴσχω

Headword (normalized):

ἴσχω

Headword (normalized/stripped):

ισχω

IDX:

16107

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n16121

Key:

i)/sxw

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