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διακρᾰτ-έω

diakrateo

hold fast, control

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Where it lives

Esdras I 1 · 1.22/10k
Judith 1 · 1.14/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

διακρᾰτ-έω · diakrat-eō — LSJ

hold fast, control, hold

hold fast, control, τὰ ὅπλα Phylarch. 24; τὸν ὅλον κόσμον Herm. ap. Stob. 1.15.16, cf. Iamb. Myst. 4.12; ὀργάδα D.H. 1.79; hold, ἐν τῷ στόματι Dsc. 2.152 (Pass.), cf. Gp. 12.30.3 (Pass.), etc.

2 hold in possession

hold in possession, BGU 1047 ii 6 (ii A.D., Pass.).

3 maintain, establish, retain, preserve

maintain, establish, λόγον Stob. 1.1.9; retain, preserve, in argument, Dam. Pr. 439.

4 hold up, support, support, keep alive

hold up, support, ἱστόν Erot. s.v. ὅπλα; δέπας Ath. 11.492b (Pass.): metaph., support, keep alive, αὑτόν D.L. 9.43.

5 hold back, detain

hold back, detain, in Pass., πρὸς τῶν χρηστῶν App. BC 2.8.

In the wild

διεκράτησεν · diekratēsen Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.7 (DIORISIS sentence 7986)
διακρατοῦσιν · diakratousin Septuaginta, Esdras I 4
διεκράτησαν · diekratēsan Septuaginta, Judith 6

Where it came from

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