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ἐπέχω,
future ἐφέξω (see. infr. IV. [[ 1, 2) and ἐπισχήσω 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 160, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.88 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐπέσχον, imperative ἐπίσχες, infinitive ἐπισχεῖ; poetry [[ ἐπισχέθοι Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Septem contra Thebas” 453 (Lyric poetry), ἐπέσχεθον 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1622 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect [[ ἐπέσχηκα “Supp.epigram” 1.362.12 ] Refs] (Samos, 4th c.BC):—have or hold upon, θρῆνυν.., τῷ κεν ἐπισχοίης (variant{ἐπίσχοιας}) [[ λιπαροὺς πόδας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.241, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.410; ποτῷ κρωσσὸν ἐ.] Refs 8th c.BC+] hold it to or for.., [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 13.46; λόγον ζωῆς ἐπέχοντες (i.e. κόσμῳ)] Refs 3rd c.BC+] holding it out like a torch, [[ NT.Phil.2.16:—] NT]middle, hold by, [[ χειρός 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.751 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+].
__II hold out to, present, offer, [[ οἶνον ἐπισχών 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.489; ἐπέσχε τε οἶνον ἐρυθρόν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.444; κοτύλην.. ἐπέσχε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.494 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἴ ποτέ τοι.. μαζὸν ἐπέσχον [[[prev. work] 83, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andr.” 225; also γάλακτι δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπέσχον οὐδὲ μαστῷ τροφεῖα ματρός] Refs 5th c.BC+] I offered not mother's food with my breast, [[ [prev\. author] “Ion” 1492 ] Refs]: with infinitive, [[ πιεῖν ἐπέσχον Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Nubes” 1382 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]: absolutely, [[ [prev\. author] “Pax” 1167:] Refs] —middle, ἐπισχόμενος (i.e. τὴν κύλικα) ἐξέπιεν having put it to his lips, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phd.” 117c, compare 7th-6th c.BC: Stesichorus Lyricus 7, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.472, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 37; ἐπὶ χείλεσι.. μαστὸν ἐπισχομένη 3rd c.BC: Euphorio Epicus 92 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; present a sum of money, τῇ πόλει [[“Supp.epigram” [prev. cited] ] Refs]
__II.2 extend, spread out, [[ τὴν πλεκτάνην 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 550b6 ] Refs 4th c.BC+].
__II.3 simply, hold, [[ σκῆπτρα “IPE” 2.37 (from Panticapaeum)] Refs]; of writings, contain, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “VS” 2.24.2, compare 2.9.1. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.4 enjoin, impose a task, with dative person, [[ 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “Arc.” 17, “Vand.” 1.8. ] Refs 6th c.AD+]
__III hold or direct towards, [[ ἔπεχε τόξον σκοπῷ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.89; ἄλλῳ ἐπεῖχε τόξα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 984 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— middle, absolutely, ἐπισχόμενος βάλεν ἰῷ having aimed at him he hit him, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.15. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__III.b intransitive, aim at, attack, τί μοι ὧδ᾽ ἐπέχει; why thus launch out against me? [[ 19.71; in tmesi, ἐπὶ αὐτῷ πάντες ἔχωμεν 22.75; ἀλλήλοις ἐ. {8-7th c.BC}: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 711; ἄνδρα ἐπέχοντα τῷ Πύρρῳ Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Pyrrhus” 16; ἐπέχειν ἐπί τινα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.59; τὰς ἐπὶ σφίσι ναῦς ἐπεχούσας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.105; πρός τι Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Antonius” 66 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: with dative, ἀκτῇσιν ἐπέσχεθον held straight for the beach, [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1766: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ba.” 1131. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 ἐπέχειν τὴν διάνοιαν ἐπί τινι direct one's mind to a thing, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lg.” 926b; τῷ πολέμῳ τὴν γνώμην Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Aemilius Paulus” 8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; also ἐ. ἑαυτόν τινι attend to him, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “R.” 399b codices ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2.b absolutely, ἐπέχειν (i.e. τὸν νοῦν) intend, purpose, with infinitive, [[ ἐπεῖχε ἐλλάμψεσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80, compare 153, 6.96:] Refs 5th c.BC+] with dative _of things_, to be intent upon, ταῖς ἀρχαῖς, διαβάσει, etc., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lys.” 490, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.43.2, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.3 stand facing, face in a line of battle, οὗτοι (i.e. οἱ Μῆδοι) [[ ἐπέσχον Κορινθίους 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.31 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].
__IV hold back, keep in check, [[ ἐπέσχε δὲ καλὰ ῥέεθρα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.244; καὶ πῶς ἐπέσχε χεῖρα μαιμῶσαν φόνο; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 50 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπισχὼν ἡνίαν [[[prev. work] 847; ἐπίσχωμεν τὸ πλεῖν [prev\. author] “Ph.” 881; ὀργάς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1642; οὐκ ἐφέξετε στόμ; [prev\. author] “Hec.” 1283 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χρησμοὺς ἐ. withhold them, [[ [prev\. author] “Ph.” 866; ἐπέχειν τινὰ τῷ ξύλῳ] Refs] keep him down with the stick, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1121; τὸ εὐθέως ἐπιχειρεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.33 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; confine, as the earth a corpse, [[“AP” 7.461 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus); ἐ. τῇ χειρὶ τὸ στόμα _cover,_ Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Cat.Mi.” 28; ἐπέχομεν τὴν ἐκπνοήν 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.172; τὰς διαχωρήσεις ἐ. [prev\. author] Vict. _Attic dialect_ 12 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]:—middle, [[ ἐπισχόμενος τὰ ὦτα Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Symposium” 216a ] Refs 6th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ τοῦ βάθους ἐπεσχημένου 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 5.1.3 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; to be prevented, hindered, [[ ὑπό τινος “PFreib.” 11.13 (4th c.AD)] Refs 4th c.AD+]; of the menses, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.184. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV.b stay or adjourn proceedings, [[ τὰ πρὸς Ἀργείους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.46 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν ζημίαν καὶ τὴν κατασκαφήν [[[prev. work] 63; τὴν δίαιταν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.84 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; suspend payments, in passive, [[ “PTeb.” 337.4 (2nd-3rd c.AD), compare “PGiss.” 48.11 (3rd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV.c [[ ἐ. τινά τινος _stop, hinder from,?? 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 160, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lys.” 742, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.87 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, σε μήτε νὺξ μήτε ἡμέρα ἐπισχέτω ὥστε ἀνεῖναι.. let them not stop thee so that thou neglect.., [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.129; ἐ. τινὰ μὴ πράσσειν τι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 517, “Ph.” 349; κλαυθμυρίζον τὸ βρέφος ἐπισχεῖν μὴ δυνάμεναι 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.88 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, μηδενὸς ἐπεχομένου no objection being taken, [[ PTeb. 327.37 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV.d impersonal, [[ ἐπέχει _there is a hindrance,?? 2nd c.AD: Astrampsychus Onirocriticus “Oracle texts” 97.3 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+].
__IV.2 absolutely, stay, pause, [[ Ἀντίνοος δ᾽ ἔτ᾽ ἐπεῖχε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.186 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; refrain, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32, 5.51, 7.139; εἰ δ᾽ ἐφέξετον] Refs 5th c.BC+] if you tarry, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “El.” 1369, etc.: followed by a _conjunction_, especially in _imperative_, ἐπίσχες ἢν..] Refs 5th c.BC+] wait and see whether.., [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supp.” 397; ἐπίσχες ἔστ᾽ ἂν.. προσμάθῃς Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Prometheus Vinctus” 697; ἐ. ἕως.. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.1; μέχρι τοσούτου ἔως.. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.90 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπίσχες, absolutely, hold! stop! [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Ch.” 896, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “OC” 856, etc.; ἐπίσχετε, μηδὲ συρίξητε 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 2.6D.; ἐπίσχετον, μάθωμεν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 539, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hipp.” 567 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; in participle, [[ ἐπισχὼν ὀλίγον χρόνον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.132 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], +others; τὸ ἐπισχεῖν, opposed to τὸ παραχρῆμα, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.73; οὐ πολὺν χρόνον ἐπισχὼν ἧκεν] Refs 5th c.BC+] came after a short interval, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phd.” 59e; μικρὸν ἐπισχόντα διεφθείροντο] Refs 5th c.BC+] they very shortly died, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “HP” 4.4.13, cf. Diocl.fragment 43; in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.81 οὐκ ἐπέσχον τὸ στρατόπεδον καταλαβεῖν] Refs 5th c.BC+] did not halt for the purpose of occupying a camp (unless it, = 'had no intention of occupying').
__IV.2.b with genitive of things, stop or cease from, [[ ἐπίσχες τοῦ δρόμου Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Aves” 1200; τῆς πορείας Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.12; τούτου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.31; also ἐ. περί τινος [prev\. author] 5.32, compare 8.5 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]: so with infinitive, leave off, cease to do, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Mem.” 3.6.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with participle, cease doing, [[ ἀναλῶν οὐκ ἐφέξεις Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Equites” 915 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ph.” 449. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]
__IV.2.c as technical term of the Sceptics, suspend judgement, doubt, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.1.11, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.387, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “P.” 1.196; ἐ. ἐν τοῖς ἀδήλοις Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] 2.955c; <πρὸς> τὰ ἄδηλα 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.7.5 ] Refs 1st c.BC+].
__IV.3 middle, maintain reserve, [[ ἐπείχετο [ἡ σύγκλητος] κατὰ τοὺς Ἀθηναίους 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.19.17 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+] (assuming variant).
__V reach or extend over a space, [[ ἐπτὰ δ᾽ ἐπέσχε πέλεθρα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.407 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁπόσσον ἐπέσχε πυρὸς μένος so far as the fire reached, [[ 23.238, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.19, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.77, _falsa lectio_ in 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] “Aër.” 5, etc.: aorist middle, ἐπέσχετο he lay outstretched, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Th.” 177; βούβρωστις ἐπέσχετο κόσμον _prevailed over..,?? epigram Gr. 793.5 (from Apollonia); ἀφορία ἐ. τὸν βίον 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 44.1 ] Refs 8th c.BC+].
__VI have power over, occupy a country, [[ οἱ Σκύθαι τὴν Ἀσίην πᾶσαν ἐπέσχον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.104, compare 108, 8.32, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.101, 7.62 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; of things, ἐπ᾽ ὀκτὼ μῆνας Κυρηναίους ὀπώρη ἐ. occupies or engages them, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.199; τὴν πόλιν ἐπεῖχε κλαυθμός Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Otho” 17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὧν τὰς χρόας τὸ [[ ἡμερινὸν φῶς ἐ. _overspreads,_ Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Respublica” 508c: κραυγῆς ἐπεχούσης τὴν ἐκκλησίαν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.87; πρὸ τοῦ τὰ σώματα τὰς ὠδῖνας ἐπισχεῖν 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.53 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]: generally, occupy, τὴν κρατίστην μοῖραν ἐ. hold the foremost place, [[ 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 9.1, compare 44.12; ὕλης ἐ. τάξιν “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.27; τὴν γῆν κέντρου λόγον ἐπέχουσαν 3rd c.AD: Diogenes Laertius 7.155, compare “Placit.” 3. “Praef.”; τὸν τέλειον ἐ. λόγον 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.160 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; δίκην ἐπέχειν ἡμᾶς φυτῶν we are like plants, [[ 4th c.BC: Meno Medicus “Iatr.” 6.18. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__VI.2 absolutely, prevail, predominate, [[ ἢν μὴ λαμπρὸς ἄνεμος ἐπέχῃ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.96; σεισμοὶ ἐπέσχον ἐπὶ πλεῖστον μέρος γῆς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.23 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάντῃ ἐπεῖχε γαλήνη Timo [[ 63; [τῶν νεῶν] ἐπὶ πολὺ τῆς θαλάσσης ἐπεχουσῶν _being spread over... 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.50; τὴν [τύχην].., ἣ νῦν ἐπέχει 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.253; ἐτησίων ἐπεχόντων 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.5.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].
__VI.2.b of Time, continue, [[ τὴν θύραν ἐπεῖχε κρούων Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Ecclesiazusae” 317; ἐπέχων καὶ οὐκ ἀνιείς _continuously,_ Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Theaetetus” 165e; ἐπὶ πλείους ἡμέρας ὁ σεισμὸς ἐπεῖχεν Dio Cassius Historicus [{2-3rd c.AD}] 68.25 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; σκότος, νὺξ ἐπέσχε, came on, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Mar.” 20, “Crass.” 30, etc. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__VII middle, future ἐπιέξομαι, meet, Oracle texts in [[“Michel” 855.39 (5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Mae.). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
