διακατέχω · diakatechō — LSJ
hold fast, hold, keep in check
hold fast, Apollon.Cit. 1, Ruf. Anat. 4; hold in the mouth, Heraclid.Tarent. ap. Gal. 12.958; of splinters of bone, Aët. 15.14; keep in check, ἐπιβολάς Plb. 2.51.2, etc.
II hold in possession, inhabit, occupy, hold
hold in possession, ib. 70.3; inhabit, ib. 17.5; occupy, hold, LXX Ju. 4.7(6), Onos. 18; ξενικοῖς ὅπλοις τὴν πόλιν D.S. 14.32; δ. ἐπαρχείαν, = Lat. obtinere provinciam, OGI 441.108; ἱερωσύνην Decr. ap. J. AJ 14.10.4: of the head of a school, [σχολὴν] δυʼ ἔτη Phld. Acad.Ind. p.100M., cf. p.108M.
III keep on foot
keep on foot, τὸν πόλεμον D.S. 15.82.