ἴσχω

A. keep back, restrain (v. infr. 11), δέος ἴσχει τινά Il. 5.812,817, etc.; ἴ. τινὰ ἀνάγκῃ Od. 4.558; θυμὸν ἴ. ἐν στήθεσσι Il. 9.256; Ζεὺς ἴσχεν ἑὸν μένος Hes. Th. 687; οὐδ’ ἔτι σηκοὶ ἴσχουσι (the calves) Od. 10.413; [πρὼν] ἴσχει ῥέεθρα Il. 17.750; ἵππους ἴ. 15.456, etc.; ἶσχον βουλομένους τοὺς ἑπτὰ ἐς τὸ πρόσω παριέναι Hdt. 3.77; μηδὲν ἡμᾶς ἰσχέτω Ar. V. 1264; οὐδέποτέ γ’ ἴσχει θύρα, prov. of those who keep open house, Eup. 265; ἴσχε στόμα E. HF 1244; ἴσχε δακὼν στόμα σόν S. Tr. 976 (anap.); τὸ ἴσχον τὴν πορείαν X. An. 6.5.13; χείμαρρον . . ἕρκεα ἴσχει ἀλωάων keep it back, Il. 5.90: c. gen., ξίφος ἴ. τινός to keep it from him, E. Hel. 1656; ἴ. τῆς ῥοῆς, τοῦ ἰέναι, Pl. Cra. 416b, 420e: folld. by inf., ἴ. τινὰ μὴ πράσσειν E. IA 661:—Pass., to be checked, Gal. UP 15.3: also impers., ἐν τούτῳ χετο here the matter stopped, X. An. 6.3.9.

2. abs., ἴσχε hold, ν, stop! A. Ch. 1052, S. Ichn. 95; of ships, put in, v.l. in Th. 2.91; Pol<*> ταῖς πόλεσι Id. 7.35, cf. A.R. 2.390; of rivers, stop, Arr. An. 5. 9.4:—in this sense Hom. uses Med. or Pass., ἴσχεσθ’ Ἀργεῖοι, μὴ φεύγετε Od. 24.54, cf. Il. 3.82; ἴσχεο check thyself, be calm, 1.214, 2.247, Od. 22.356, etc.; keep quiet, 11.251: c. gen., ἴσχεσθαί τινος desist from a thing, 18.347, 24.323.

II. hold fast, hold, once in Hom., [κανόνα] ἀγχόθι στήθεος Il. 23.762, cf. S. Aj. 575, Ph. 1111 (lyr.): metaph., keep, maintain, εὐφημίαν Id. Tr. 178; ἐλπίσιν ἴ. τι ib.138; γνώμαν Id. Ph. 853 (lyr.); ἐπιστήμην λαβόντα ἴσχειν Pl. Tht. 198a; of outward matters, ὀδύνη ἴ. τὴν γαστέρα affects it, Hp. Nat.Mul. 14; τὸν αἶσ’ ἄπλατος ἴσχει S. Aj. 256 (lyr.); αἱ ἄτομοι τὸν παλμὸν ἴσχουσι keep up, Epicur. Ep. 1p.8U.:—Pass., φθόῃ ἴσχεσθαι Isoc. 19.11 (s.v.l., σχόμενον Blass); also τὸ ἰσχόμενον κατὰ διαφοράν that which is permanent in distinction, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.128.

III. after Hom., hold or have in possession, v.l. in Hdt. 3.39, Th. 3.58; have a wife, Hdt. 5.92.β’; of women, ἴ. ἐν γαστρί or simply ἴ. to be pregnant, Hp. Epid. 2.2.18, etc.; μετὰ τοῦτον ἴ. Κλεόμβροτον conceives Cl., Hdt. 5.41: generally, like ἔχω, ἴσχε κἀμοῦ μνῆστιν S. Aj. 520; λῆστιν ἴ. to be forgetful, Id. OC 584; ἄλγος ἴ. Id. OT 1031; γνώμαν ἴ., = γνῶναι, Id. El. 214 (lyr.); ἴ. δοῦλον βίον Id. Tr. 302; νοῦν Pl. Smp. 181d; ἐπωνυμίαν Id. Prm. 130e; χρώματα Hp. Prog. 12; κακώσιας Id. Art. 61; receive, [πεμπάδα] SIG 57.35 (Milet., v B.C.); ἰσχέτω δίκην καὶ ὑπεχέτω ib. 286.15 (iv B.C.), cf. IG 5(2).357.23 (Stymphalus, iii B.C.): c. dupl. acc., ἴ. τινὰ ξύνευνον S. Aj. 1301; θεὸν οὐ λήξω προστάταν ἴσχων Id. OT 882 (lyr.).

2. have in it, involve, ὄλβος ἴ. φθόνον Pi. P. 11.29; μετάστασιν ἴ. to be susceptible, capable of cure, Hp. Aph. 5.7; ἀνάληψιν μετ’ εὐπετείας Pl. Ti. 83e; to be worth, dub. l. in Plb. 5.26.13; v. ἰσχύω 3.

3. intr., to be, like ἔχω, ἀπολέμως ἴσχοντες Pl. Plt. 307e; εὖ ἴ. τὸ σῶμα Id. R. 411c; ὧδε Id. Phlb. 38c; τοῖς πᾶσι χαλεπώτερον Th. 7.50.