The corpus record

κάθεξις

kathexis · ἡ

holding, retention

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Where it lives

De Somno et Vigilia 1 · 3.36/10k
Eudemian Ethics 1 · 0.38/10k
Politics 1 · 0.15/10k
History 1 · 0.07/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

κάθεξις · kathexis — LSJ

holding, retention, possession

holding, retention, τῆς ἀρχῆς Th. 3.47; ἐν μνήμῃ καὶ καθέξει Plu. Sollert. 2.968c; possession, Plot. 6.1.23.

2 holding in, restraining

holding in, restraining, τοῦ πνεύματος Arist. Somn.Vig. 456a16; [θυμοῦ] Id. EE 1223b20.

3 retentive power

retentive power, of the bladder, Aret. CA 1.4.

In the wild

κάθεξις · kathexis Aristotle, De Somno et Vigilia (DIORISIS sentence 42)
κάθεξις · kathexis Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 2
κάθεξις · kathexis Aristotle, Politics 1336a (DIORISIS sentence 2950)
κάθεξιν · kathexin Plotinus, Enneads 6.1 (DIORISIS sentence 4593)
κάθεξιν · kathexin Thucydides, History 3.47.5 (DIORISIS sentence 2059)

Where it came from

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