holding down
κάτοχος,ον, (κατέχω)
A. 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, μοχλοί
LXX Jn. 2.7
; δεσμοί
Plu. 2.321d
;φάρμακα κ. τῶν ἐμβρύωνdrugs 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, Μοῦσα
Asp.
ap. Ath. 5.219d ; in magic,inhibiting, Ἑρμῆς
Tab.Defix. 89.2
(iv B.C.), al.
II.
Pass. ,kept down, held fast, κάτοχ' ἀμαυροῦσθαι σκότῳ
A. Pers. 223
(troch.);overpowered, overcome, ὕπνῳ
S. Tr. 978
(anap.);subject, Ἄρει
E. Hec. 1090
(lyr.).
2. 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. ofcloistered 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, of disease, Hp. Prorrh. 1.92 , cf. Gal. 16.696 .
b. suffering from catalepsy, Id. 9.189 .
III. Subst. κάτοχος,ὁ ,handleof aτρύπανον, Hsch.
s.v. κατωχάνης : pl.κάτοχα, Id.
2. bandage, Gal. 18(1).785 .
3. inhibitory spell,
PMag.Par. 1.1052 , 2.162 , Tab.Defix.Aud. 187.55 .
4. pl.,processes on the second cervical vertebra, Poll. 2.132 .
IV. Adv. κατόχως retentively, of the memory, Hermipp. 21 .
2. in fast colours, βεβάφθαι
AB 237
.
3. as if possessed, Ael. VH 3.9 , Poll. 1.16 .
4. accompanied by catalepsy, Hp. Coac. 570 , al.
