κατοχή

A. holding fast, detention, τινὸς ἐν Σούσοισι Hdt. 5.35; of detention by the god in the Sarapeum, UPZ 5.3, 59.8, al. (ii B.C.), cf. Man. 1.239 (pl.); arrest, PAmh. 2.80.9 (iii A.D.), Cod.Just. 1.4.22.1; ἡ πρὸς τὸ χρέος κ. PSI 4.282.28 (ii A.D.).

2. hindrance, delay, ἀνείρξεις καὶ κ. Plu. 2.584e, cf. Vett. Val.43.17.

3. retention, τοῦ πνεύματος holding the breath, Gal. 6.161, Alex.Aphr. Pr. 1.47; retention of waste products, Gal. 8.440.

4. retention in memory, Corn. ND 14; μνήμη καὶ κ. Plot. 4.3.29: pl., τὰς μνήμας κ. μαθημάτων καὶ αἰσθήσεων εἶναι Id. 4.6.1.

5. sequestration of property, ἐν κ. PTeb. 143 (ii B.C.), cf. PRyl. 174.23 (ii A.D.), etc.; lien, charge, καθαρὸς ἀπὸ πάσης κ. POxy. 483.26 (ii A.D.), etc.

II. possession, Sm. Ca. 8.11; ἐν κ. ποιεῖσθαι Men. Prot.p.30 D.; = Lat. lonorum possessio, BGU 140.24 (ii A.D.); mental grasp, κοινῶν τινων Phld. Rh. 1.71 S.

2. possession by a spirit, inspiration, κ. καὶ ἐνθουσιασμοί Plu. Alex. 2; πάντα ἐν τῇ κ. ἀληθεύειν Arr. An. 4.13.5.

3. catalepsy, Gal. 9.189, 10.932; κ. τῶν ἄοθρων stiffness, Asclep. ap. eund.13.967.