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κάτοχος

katochos

holding down

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κάτοχος · katochos — LSJ

holding down, tombstone

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.

2 holding fast, retentive, secure

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.

3 possessing, inspiring, inhibiting

possessing, inspiring, Μοῦσα Asp. ap. Ath. 5.219d; in magic, inhibiting, Ἑρμῆς Tab.Defix. 89.2 (iv B.C.), al.

II kept down, held fast, overpowered, overcome, subject

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.).

2 possessed, inspired, cloistered worshippers, recluses

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.

3 cataleptic

cataleptic, of disease, Hp. Prorrh. 1.92, cf. Gal. 16.696.

b suffering from catalepsy

suffering from catalepsy, Id. 9.189.

III handle

Subst. κάτοχος, ὁ, handle of a τρύπανον, Hsch. s.v. κατωχάνης: pl. κάτοχα, Id.

2 bandage

bandage, Gal. 18(1).785.

3 inhibitory spell

inhibitory spell, PMag.Par. 1.1052, 2.162, Tab.Defix.Aud. 187.55.

4 processes on the second cervical vertebra

pl., processes on the second cervical vertebra, Poll. 2.132.

IV retentively

Adv. κατόχως retentively, of the memory, Hermipp. 21.

2 in fast colours

in fast colours, βεβάφθαι AB 237.

3 as if possessed

as if possessed, Ael. VH 3.9, Poll. 1.16.

4 accompanied by catalepsy

accompanied by catalepsy, Hp. Coac. 570, al.

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