κάτοχος · katochos — LSJ
holding down, γῆ Tab.Defix. 101.1 (iv B.C.); κ. λίθοι, of sepulchral stones, Hsch.; κ. alone, tombstone, IG 3.1425a; also, οἰκουμένης κ., of ocean, Secund. Sent. 2.
holding fast, μοχλοί LXX Jn. 2.7; δεσμοί Plu. Fort.Rom. 2.321d; φάρμακα κ. τῶν ἐμβρύων drugs which prevent miscarriage, Aët. 16.21; retentive, of memory, Plu. Cat.Mi. 1; secure, κτῆσις κ. καὶ βέβαιος D.H. Isoc. 9.
possessing, inspiring, Μοῦσα Asp. ap. Ath. 5.219d; in magic, inhibiting, Ἑρμῆς Tab.Defix. 89.2 (iv B.C.), al.
Pass., kept down, held fast, κάτοχʼ ἀμαυροῦσθαι σκότῳ A. Pers. 223 (troch.); overpowered, overcome, ὕπνῳ S. Tr. 978 (anap.); subject, Ἄρει E. Hec. 1090 (lyr.).
possessed, inspired, δαίμονί τινι Arist. Mir. 846b24; τῷ Σαβαζίῳ Iamb. Myst. 3.9; ἐκ θεοῦ Plu. Rom. 19, etc.; ἐκ τοῦ θείου Arr. An. 4.13.5; ἐκ Μουσῶν Luc. Hist.Conscr. 8; ἐξ Ἄρεως Polyaen. 1.20; ἐκ πυξίου Luc. Ind. 15; στροφὴν ὁλοσώματον ὥσπερ οἱ κ. δινεύοντες Hld. 4.17, cf. 8.11, 10.9; also perh. of cloistered worshippers, recluses, οἱ κ. οὐρανίου Διός OGI 262.25 (Baetocaece, iii A.D.), cf. CIG 4475 (ibid., iii A.D.): abs., Cleanth.Stoic. 1.123; ἐν ἱεροῖς κ. Vett.Val. 73.24.
cataleptic, of disease, Hp. Prorrh. 1.92, cf. Gal. 16.696.
suffering from catalepsy, Id. 9.189.
Subst. κάτοχος, ὁ, handle of a τρύπανον, Hsch. s.v. κατωχάνης: pl. κάτοχα, Id.
bandage, Gal. 18(1).785.
inhibitory spell, PMag.Par. 1.1052, 2.162, Tab.Defix.Aud. 187.55.
pl., processes on the second cervical vertebra, Poll. 2.132.
Adv. κατόχως retentively, of the memory, Hermipp. 21.
in fast colours, βεβάφθαι AB 237.
as if possessed, Ael. VH 3.9, Poll. 1.16.
accompanied by catalepsy, Hp. Coac. 570, al.