The corpus record

κατοκωχ-ή

katokoche · ἡ

possession

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Where it lives

Ion 1 · 2.49/10k
Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k

What it meant

κατοκωχ-ή · katokōch-ē — LSJ

possession, mental grasp

= κατοχή, possession, τῆς χώρας Anon. ap. Suid.; mental grasp, τῶν εἰρημένων Zeno Stoic. 1.58.

II being possessed, inspiration

being possessed, inspiration, θείᾳ μοίρᾳ καὶ κατοκωχῇ Pl. Ion 536c; ἀπὸ Μουσῶν κ. Id. Phdr. 245a, cf. Ph. 1.174, al., Dam. Isid. 32:—the forms κατακωχή, -ιμος are late and incorrect; cf. ἀνοκωχή, συνοκωχή.

In the wild

κατοκωχῇ · katokōchēi Plato, Ion 536
κατοκωχή · katokōchē Plato, Phaedrus 245 (DIORISIS sentence 354)

Where it came from

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