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κατερῡκ-ω

kateruko

hold back, detain

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What it meant

κατερῡκ-ω · kateryk-ō — LSJ

hold back, detain

hold back, detain, μάλα δή σε καὶ ἐσσύμενον κατερύκω Il. 6.518; κ. καὶ ἔσχεθεν ἱεμένω περ Od. 4.284, cf. 1.315, 15.73; μηδένα . . ἀέκοντα μένειν κατέρυκε Thgn. 467: rare in Att., τῶν ἀγαθῶν οἵων ἀποκλείεις καὶ κατερύκεις Ar. V. 601:—Pass., κατερύκεται εὐρέϊ πόντῳ Od. 1.197, 4.498.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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