διακατέχω,
A. hold fast,
Apollon.Cit. 1 , Ruf. Anat. 4 ;holdin the mouth, Heraclid.
Tarent. ap. Gal. 12.958 ; of splinters of bone, Aët. 15.14 ;keep in check,
ἐπιβολάς
Plb. 2.51.2
, etc.
II. hold in possession,ib. 70.3 ;inhabit,ib. 17.5 ;occupy, hold,
LXX Ju. 4.7(6) , Onos. 18 ; ξενικοῖς ὅπλοις τὴν πόλιν
D.S. 14.32
;δ. ἐπαρχείαν, =Lat.obtinere provinciam, OGI 441.108 ;ἱερωσύνηνDecr. ap. J. AJ 14.10.4 : of the head of a school, [ σχολὴν] δυ' ἔτη
Phld. Acad.Ind. p.100M.
, cf. p.108M.
III. keep on foot,
τὸν πόλεμον
D.S. 15.82