κατέχω
Infl. fut. καθέξω
Infl. fut. κατασχήσω
Infl. aor2 κατέσχον
Infl. poet. κατέσχεθον
Infl. epic 3rd sg. κάσχεθε
*A. trans. "to hold fast", Hes.
2. "to hold back, withhold", Hom.:— "to check, restrain, control, bridle", Hdt., attic: —Pass. "to be held down, to be bound, kept under", Hdt.
3. "to detain", id=Hdt., Xen.:—Pass. "to be detained, to stay, stop, tarry", Hdt., Soph.
II. "to have in possession, possess, occupy", Trag.
2. of sound, "to fill", ἀλαλητῷ πεδίον κατέχουσι Il.; κ. στρατόπεδον δυσφημίαις "to fill" it with his grievous cries, Soph.
3. βιοτὰν κ. "to continue" a life, id=Soph.
4. "to occupy, be spread over, cover", νὺξ κάτεχ᾽ οὐρανόν Od.; ἡμέρα κατέσχε γαῖαν Aesch.:—in Mid., κατέσχετο πρόσωπα "covered her" face, Od.
5. of the grave, "to confine, cover", Hom.
6. of conditions and the like, "to hold down, overpower, oppress, afflict", Od., Soph.: —of circumstances, "to occupy or engage" one, Hdt.
7. "to occupy", in right of "conquest", id=Hdt., Soph., etc.
8. "to master, understand", Plat.
9. in Pass., of persons, "to be possessed, inspired", Xen., Plat.
III. "to follow close upon, press hard", Lat. urgere, Xen.
IV. "to bring a ship to land, bring it in or to", Hdt.
B. intr.:
1. (sub. ἑαυτόν) "to control oneself", Soph., Plat.:— "to hold, stop, cease", of the wind, Ar.
2. "to come from the high sea to shore, put in", Hhymn., Hdt., attic
3. "to prevail", ὁ λόγος κατέχει the report "prevails, is rife", Thuc.; σεισμοὶ κατ. earthquakes "prevail, are frequent", id=Thuc.
4. "to have the upper hand", Theogn., Arist.
C. Mid. "to keep back for oneself, embezzle", Hdt.
2. "to cover oneself", v. supr. A. II. 4.
3. "to hold, contain", Polyb.
II. the aor. mid. is also used like a Pass., "to be stopped, to stop", Od.:— κατασχόμενος "subdued", Pind.