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__A2nd pers. singular ἔχεισθα conjecture in [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1316 (ἔχοισθα codex), ἔχῃσθα conjecture in 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 21 (ἔχεισθα codex)] Refs 7th c.BC+]; 2nd pers. singular subjunctive ἔχῃσθα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.180: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]imperfect εἶχον, Epic dialect ἔχον [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.22, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+], Ionic dialect and poetry ἔχεσκον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.257, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.12, “epigram Gr.” 988.6 (from Balbilla): ] Refs 8th c.BC+]future ἕξω, Epic dialect infinitive ἑξέμεναι [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Aetia” 3.1.27 (of duration) or σχήσω] Refs 3rd c.BC+] (of momentary action, especially in sense check, see below [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11.9] Refs 4th c.BC+], not found in Attic dialect Inscrr. or [[ “NT”)] Refs]; 2nd pers. singular σχήσησθα [[ “hymnus ad Cererem” 366 codices: ] Refs]aorist 1 ἔσχης α falsa lectio in [[ 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 17.177, also ἔσχα “IG” 3.1363.6, 14.1728, _3rd.pers._ _plural_ μετ-έσχαν [prev. work]12(7).271.12 (Amorgos, 3rd c.AD): ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]aorist 2 ἔσχον, imperative σχές [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1013, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1353 (_anapaest meter_) (σχέ] Refs 5th c.BC+] only in Oracle texts cited in [[Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 638 (uncertain reading), sometimes in compounds in codices, as πάρασχε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 842, κάτασχε [prev. author] “HF” 1210)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; subjunctive σχῶ [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.309, etc.; _optative_ σχοίην 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.45, in compounds σχοῖμι (as μετάσχοιμι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1484 (Lyric poetry), κατάσχοιμεν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.11)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural σχοίησαν [[ 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 32, σχοῖεν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.33 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive σχεῖν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.520, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect σχέμεν [[ 8.254 ] Refs] (in Alexandr. Gr. 3rd.pers. plural imperfect and aorist 2 εἴχοσαν [[ “Anthologia Graeca” 5.208 (3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus or 3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus), variant in NT.John.15.22, ἔσχοσαν 2nd c.BC: Scymnus Geographus 695): for the poetry form ἔσχεθον] NT+3rd c.BC+], see at {Σχέθω}: perfect ἔσχηκα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 765a, εἴσχηκα in Inscrr. of 3rd-1st c.BC, “SIG” 679.54, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect ὄχωκα is uncertain, see at {συνόχωκα}:—middle, imperfect εἰχόμην [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.244, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: future ἕξομαι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.102, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; σχήσομαι[[ [prev. work] 235, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1335, more frequently in compounds (ἀνα-) 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 252, (παρα-) 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 9.8, etc.: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect passive παρ-έσχημαι in middle sense, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.6.11, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 2 ἐσχόμην [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.85 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], rare in Attic dialect except in compounds; imperative σχέο [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.379, σχέσθε 22.416, later σχοῦ in compounds (ἀνά-) 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+]lon947, etc.; infinitive σχέσθαι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.422, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 79:] Refs 8th c.BC+] —passive, future middle ἐν-έξομαι in passive sense, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 516, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 51.11, later σχεθήσομαι 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 15.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], frequently in compounds (συ-) [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.83 W., (ἐν-) 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.98 of, (ἐπι-) 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.186 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἐσχέθην [[ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 5.7.4, 6.11.2, 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων ὀξέων παθῶν” 2.5, (κατ-, συν-) 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 21, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν” 45 vulgar form: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]future middle σχήσομαι in passive sense, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.235 (uncertain), 655, 13.630 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist 2 middle in passive sense, ἐσχόμην [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.696, +others, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.31 (σχέτο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.248, 21.345)] Refs 8th c.BC+], participle σχόμενος [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.279, probably in 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 19.11, (κατα-) 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.10, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 244e, 1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus 33.2 (assuming variant)] Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect ἔσχημαι [[ 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 4.21.2 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also in compounds, frequently written -ίσχημαι, -ήσχημαι in codices of late authors. (I.-[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] seĝh- (cf. Sanskrit sáhate 'overpower', Gothic sigis 'victory', Gr. ἔχ- dissimilated from ἔχ-), reduced form sĝh-(σχ-), whence reduplicate ἴσχω (= si-sĝh-o) (which see): compare ἕκ-τωρ, ἕξω, ἕξι; but hέχ- [[ “IG” 12.374.161, +others, is a mere error (ἔχ- [prev. work]12.116.4, 16).) ] Refs]
Close Browse lexicon entries __A.I possess, of property, the most common usage, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.336, 16.386, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἵ τι ἔχοντες the propertied class, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.22 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ἔχων a wealthy man, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 157 (_anapaest meter_); οἱ ἔχοντες 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 57, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1295, “Pl.” 596 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ οὐκ ἔχοντες the poor, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 240; κακὸν τὸ μὴ 'χειν [prev. author] “Ph.” 405 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔχειν χρέα to have debts due to one, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 36.41, compare 37.12 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; to have received, θεῶν ἄπο κάλλος ἐ. [[ “hymnus ad Venerem” 77; τι ἔκ τινος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1618; παρά τινος [prev. author] “Aj.” 663; πρός τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.6.33, etc.; ὑπὸ.. θεοῖσι “hymnus ad Apollinem” 191 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλέον, ἔλασσον ἔ.. (see. Hymns of vv.): in aorist, acquire, get, ὄνομα [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 997 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: also future σχήσω, δύναμιν [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.6; λέχος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 30, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.116 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be possessed, ἔντεα.. μετὰ Τρώεσσιν ἔχονται [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.130, compare 197. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.I.2 keep, have charge of, ἔχον πατρώϊα ἔργα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.22; κῆπον 4.737; Εἰλείθυιαι.. ὠδῖνας ἔχουσαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.271; πύλαι.., ἃς ἔχον Ὧραι 5.749, 8.393; τὰς ἀγέλας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.3.7 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; διαιτητῶν ἐχόντων τὰς δίκας having control of, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.45 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; to be engaged in, φυλακὰς ἔχον kept watch, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.1, 471; σκοπιὴν ἔχεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.302; ἀλαοσκοπιὴν εἶχε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.515, 13.10 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; σκοπιὴν ἔ. τινός for a thing, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.13; δυσμενῶν θήραν ἔχων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 564, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν χερσὶν ἔ. τι (see. χείρ).
__A.I.2.b metaphorically, of a patient, οὐκ ἔχει ἑωυτόν is not himself, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν” 49. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.I.3 with accusative loci, inhabit, οὐρανόν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.267; Ὄλυμπον 5.890 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; haunt, [Νύμφαι] ἔχουσ᾽ ὀρέων αἰπεινὰ κάρηνα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.123; Βρόμιος ἔχει τὸν χῶρον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 24 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially of tutelary gods and heroes, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.74, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.3.24 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of men, πόλιν καὶ γαῖαν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.177, 195, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Θήβας ἔσχον (ἔσχεν codices) ruled it, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔχεις γὰρ χῶρον occupiest it, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 37, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.46 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; in military sense, ἔ. τὸ δεξιόν (with or without κέρας) [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.107, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.1.15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of beasts, τὰ ὄρη ἔ. [[ [prev. author] “Cyn.” 5.12. ] Refs]
__A.I.4 have to wife or as husband (usually without γυναῖκα, ἄνδρα), οὕνεκ᾽ ἔχεις Ἑλένην καί σφιν γαμβρὸς Διός ἐσσι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.569, compare 7.313, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.53, etc.; ἔσχε ἄλλην ἀδελφεήν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.31, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.29; νυμφίον 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Aetia” 3.1.27 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also of a lover, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.54, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.185 (3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus), etc.; ἔχω Λαΐδα, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἔχομαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristippus Philosophus cited in 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 2.75, compare 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 12.544d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—in passive, τοῦ περ θυγάτηρ ἔχεθ᾽ Ἕκτορι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.398. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.I.5 have in one's house, entertain, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.515, 20.377, “hymnus ad Venerem” 231, 273. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.I.6 present participle with Verbs, almost, = with, ἤϊε ἔχων ταῦτα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.128, compare 2.115; ὃς ἂν ἥκῃ ἔχων στρατόν [prev. author] 7.8.δ᾽,compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.10.] Refs 5th c.BC+] —Prose use.
__A.I.7 of Place, ἐπ᾽ ἀριστερὰ ἔ. τι keep it on one's left, i.e. to keep to the right of it, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.171; ἐπ᾽ ἀριστερὰ χειρὸς ἔ. 5.277 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν δεξιᾷ, ἐν ἀριστερᾷ ἔ., [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.106 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς οἰκέτας ὑστάτους ἔ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: but in aorist, get, περιπλώοντες τὴν Λιβύην τὸν ἥλιον ἔσχον ἐς τὰ δεξιά [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.42. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.I.8 of Habits, States, or Conditions, bodily or mental, γῆρας λυγρὸν ἔ [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.250; ἀνεκτὸν ἔχει κακόν 20.83; ἕλκος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.517; λύσσαν 9.305; μάχην ἔ. 14.57; ἀρετῆς πέρι δῆριν ἔ. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.515 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὕβριν ἔ. indulge in.., [[ 1.368 ] Refs], etc.; [Ἀφροδίτην[[] 22.445; [φρένας] ἔ. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.394, etc.; βουλήν 2.344; τλήμονα θυμόν 5.670; τόνδε νόον καὶ θυμὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ἔχοντες 4.309, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.490 (for later senses of νοῦν ἔχειν, see at {νοῦς}); ἄλγεα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.895, etc.; ἄχεα θυμῷ 3.412; πένθος μετὰ φρεσίν 24.105; πένθος φρεσίν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.219; πόνον.. καὶ ὀϊζύν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.2, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.529; οὐδὲν βίαιον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.15; πρήγματα ἔ. [prev. author] 7.147, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 174b, etc.: in periphrastic phrases, ποθὴν ἔ. τινός, ={ποθεῖν}, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.362; ἐπιδευὲς ἔ. τινός, ={ἐπιδεύεσθαι}, 19.180; ἔ. τέλος, ={τελεῖσθαι}, 18.378 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κότον ἔ. τινί, ={κοτεῖσθαι},[[ 13.517; ἐπιθυμίαν τινός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1281; φροντίδα τινός [prev. author] “Med.” 1301 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡσυχίην ἔ. keep quiet, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.45, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+] (future ἡσυχίαν ἕξειν [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.29, but οὐκ ἔσθ᾽ ὅπως.. ἡ. σχήσει] Refs 4th c.BC+] will not keep still for a moment, [[ [prev. author] 1.14)] Refs]; αἰτίαν ἔ. to be accused, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.1.8; ὑπό τινος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 99 (but μομφὴν ἔ., ={μέμφεσθαι}, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1069, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 445): in ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist, of entering upon a state, ἔσχεν χόλον conceived anger, [[ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 5.104 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔχειν τι κατά τινος have something against somebody, [[ NT.Matt.5.23, NT.Mark.11.25, NT.Rev.2.4; ἔχω τι πρός τινα NT.Act.24.19; ἔχειν πρός τινα NT.2Cor.5.12; ἕξει πρὸς τὸν Θεόν “JRS” 14.85 (from Laodicea)] NT]: —these phrases are frequently inverted, οὓς ἔχε γῆρας [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.515; οὐδὲ Ποσειδάωνα γέλως ἔχε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.344; ἀμηχανίη δ᾽ ἔχε θυμόν 9.295; θάμβος δ᾽ ἔχεν εἰσορόωντας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.79; σ᾽ αὔτως κλέος ἐσθλὸν ἔχει 17.143; Διὸς αἴσῃ, ἥ μ᾽ ἕξει παρὰ νηυσί 9.609 (unless the antecedent is τιμῆς in 1.608); ὥς σφεας ἡσυχίη τῆς πολιορκίης ἔσχε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.135; ὄφρα με βίος ἔχῃ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 225 (Lyric poetry): with double _accusative_, φόβος μ᾽ ἔχει φρένας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 379 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also of external objects, αἴθρη ἔχει κορυφήν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.76; μιν ἔχεν μένος ἠελίοιο 10.160; σε οἶνος ἔχει φρένας 18.331 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔχῃ βέλος ὀξὺ γυναῖκα, of a woman in travail, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.269 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; λόγος ἔχει τινά with infinitive, the story goes, that.., [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1573 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; and so in later Gr., [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demosthenes” 28, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.331, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 3.14, “NA” 5.42, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.592e; ὡς ἡ φάτις μιν ἔχει 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.3, compare 5, 26, 9.78 (but also ἔχει φάτιν Διονυσοφάνης θάψαι Μαρδόνιον [prev. author] 9.84; [Κλεισθένης] λόγον ἔχει τὴν Πυθίην ἀναπεῖσαι [prev. author] 5.66)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς ἂν λόγος ἔχῃ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους, ὅτι.. [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 38 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, ἔχεσθαι κακότητι καὶ ἄλγεσι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.182; κωκυτῷ καὶ οἰμωγῇ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.409; ὀργῇ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.141; νούσῳ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 5.6; ἀγρυπνίῃσι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.129; ὑπὸ πυρετοῦ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.34; ὑπὸ τοῦ ὕδρωπος [prev. author] “Prorrh.” 2.6, ἐν ἀπόρῳ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.25; ἐν συμφοραῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 395e. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.I.9 possess mentally, understand, ἵππων δμῆσιν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.476; τέχνην 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 770; πάντ᾽ ἔχεις λόγον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 582, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 51; ἔχετε τὸ πρᾶγμα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 789 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔχεις τ; do you understand? [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 733: _imperative_ ἔχε] Refs 5th c.BC+] attend! listen! [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.109b] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔ. οὖν [[[prev. work] 129b: with _imperative_, ἔχ᾽, ἀποκάθαιρε 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1193; ἔ. νυν, ἄλειψον [prev. author] “Eq.” 490 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔχεις τοῦτο ἰσχυρῶ; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 154a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; know of a thing, μαντικῆς ὁδόν [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 311 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινὰ σωτηρία; [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 778 (troch.). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.I.10 keep up, maintain, καναχὴν ἔχε made a rattling noise, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.105, 794; βοὴν ἔχον, of flutes and lyres, 18.495. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.I.11 involve, admit of, τά γ᾽ αἰσχρὰ κἀνθάδ᾽ αἰσχύνην ἔχει [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 244, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.5; βάσανον 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.31; ταῦτ᾽ ἀπιστίαν, ταῦτ᾽ ὀργὴν ἔχει 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.44 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀγανάκτησιν, κατάμεμψιν, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.41; τὰ ἀόρατα νοσήματα δυσχερεστέραν ἔχει τὴν θεραπείαν 1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 1.15. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.I.12 of Measure or Value, τὸ Δαμαρέτειον.. εἶχε Ἀττικὰς δραχμὰς δέκα [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.26; ἔχει τὸ Εὐβοϊκὸν τάλαντον Ἀλεξανδρείους δραχμὰς ἑπτακισχιλίας 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Σικελική” 2.2; χοῖρος ἔχων τὸ ὕψος δύο καὶ ἡμίσους πήχεων 2nd c.BC: Ptolemaeus Euergetes II Historicus 9. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__A.I.12.b Geometry texts, ἡ ἔχουσα τὰ κέντρα the (straight line) containing the centres, [[ 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ ἰσορροπιῶν” 1.6 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὁ κύκλος ἔχων τὸ πολύγωνον the circle containing (circumscribing) the polygon, [[ [prev. author] “Sph.Cyl.” 1.23. ] Refs]
__A.I.13 with doubleaccusative, Ὀρφέα ἄνακτ᾽ ἔχειν [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 953; Ζῆν᾽ ἔχειν ἐπώμοτον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1188; παιδιὰν ἔ. τὸν ἐκείνου θάνατον Seleucus Grammaticus et Historicus 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 4.155e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.1 hold, ἔ. χερσίν, ἐν χερσίν, μετὰ χερσίν, etc., see at {χεί; μετὰ γαμφηλῇσιν ἔ}. [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.200; πρόσθεν ἔ. ἀσπίδα [prev. work] 157 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὑψοῦ, πασάων ὑπέρ, ὄπιθεν κάρη ἔ.,[[ 6.509, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.107, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.136 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔ. τινί τι to hold it for him, as his helper, [[ 9.209, 13.600 ] Refs]; uphold, οὐρανὸν.. κεφαλῇ τε καὶ ἀκαμάτῃσι χέρεσσι [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 517, 746 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔχει δέ τε κίονας of Atlas, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.53; ἐπ᾽ ὤμων πατέρα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “fragment” 373. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.II.2 hold fast, χειρὸς ἔχων Μενέλαον holding him by the hand, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.154, compare 16.763, 11.488 (see. infr. C.I)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔ. τινὰ μέσον grip one by the middle, of wrestlers, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1047; ἔχομαι μέσος [prev. author] “Ach.” 571, compare “Eq.” 388, “Ra.” 469: _metaphorically_, ἔ. φρεσί] Refs 5th c.BC+] keep in one's mind, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.33; νῷ ἔ. τινά 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 2b, compare “R.” 490a. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.II.3 of arms and clothes, bear, wear, εἷμα δ᾽ ἔχ᾽ ἀμφ᾽ ὤμοισι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.538, compare 595; παρδαλέην ὤμοισιν ἔ. 3.17; σάκος ὤμῳ 14.376; κυνέην κεφαλῇ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.231; τάδε εἵματ᾽ ἔχω 17.24, compare 573, etc.; στολὴν ἀμφὶ σῶμα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 554, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.26, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πολιὰς ἔχω I am grey-haired, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.49 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: absolutely, as a category, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 2a3. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__A.II.4 of a woman, to be pregnant, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.41, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 4.21, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1335b18; in full ἐν γαστρὶ ἔ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.32; also πρὸς ἑωυτῇ ἔχειν 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 1.26 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].ιγ.
__A.II.4.b παῖδα ἔσχεν she had, i.e. bore, a child, [[ 1st c.BC: Nicolaus Damascenus Historicus 11 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__A.II.5 support, sustain, especially an attack, with accusative person, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.51, 20.27; cf. B.I. 1, C. 111. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.II.6 hold fast, keep close, ὀχῆες εἶχον [πύλας[[] 12.456; θύρην ἔχε μοῦνος ἐπιβλής 24.453. ] Refs]
__A.II.7 enclose, φρένες ἧπαρ ἔχουσι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.301; σάρκας τε καὶ ὀστέα ἶνες ἔ. 11.219; τοὺς δ᾽ ἄκραντος ἔχει νύξ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 65 (Lyric poetry) ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of places, contain, θηρῶν οὓς ὅδ᾽ ἔχει χῶρος [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1147 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.4; [τεῖχος] νῆας ἐντὸς ἔχον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.8; ὅσσους Κρήτη ἐντὸς ἔχει “hymnus ad Apollinem” 30. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.II.8 hold or keep in a certain direction, ὀϊστὸν ἔχε aimed it, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.871; more fully χεῖράς τε καὶ ἔγχεα.. ἀντίον ἀλλήλων 5.569 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of horses or ships, guide, drive, steer, πεδίονδ᾽ ἔχον ὠκέας ἵππους [[ 3.263, compare 11.760; φόβονδε 8.139; τῇ ῥα.. ἔχον ἵππους 5.752, etc.; παρὲξ ἔχε δίφρον 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 352; ὅπῃ ἔσχες.. εὐεργέα νῆα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.279; παρὰ τὴν ἤπειρον ἔ. νέας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.95, etc.: _absolutely_, τῇ ῥ᾽ ἔχε] Refs 8th c.BC+] that way he held his course, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.378, compare 23.422 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Πύλονδ᾽ ἔχον I held on to Pylos, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.182, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 720: _metaphorically_, ἐπὶ ῥητορείαν ἔσχε 6th c.AD: Hesychius Milesius Historicus (?)cited in Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 600c ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also (especially in future σχήσω, aorist 2 ἔσχον), put in, land, νέες ἔσχον ἐς τὴν Ἀργολίδα χώρην [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.92; σχεῖν πρὸς τὴν Σαλαμῖνα [prev. author] 8.40 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς Φειάν, τῷ Δήλῳ, κατὰ τὸ Ποσειδώνιον, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.25, 3.29, 4.129; τάχ᾽ οὖν τις ἄκων ἔσχε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 305 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποῖ σχήσειν δοκεῖ; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 188 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔχε.. ἀρὰν ἐπ᾽ ἄλλοις point it against others, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1119 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄμμ᾽ ἔ. to turn or keep one's eye fixed, [[ [prev. author] “Aj.” 191 (Lyric poetry); ἐπὶ ἔργῳ θυμὸν ἔ. 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 445; ἄλλοσ᾽ ὄμμα θητέρᾳ δὲ νοῦν ἔ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 272; τὸν δὲ νοῦν ἐκεῖσ᾽ ἔχει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 360 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δεῦρο νοῦν ἔχε attend to this, [[ [prev. author] “Or.” 1181 ] Refs]; πρός τινα or πρός τι τὸν νοῦν ἔ., [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.22, 7.19; so πρός τινα τὴν γνώμην ἔ. [prev. author] 3.25. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.9 hold in, stay, keep back, ἵππους [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.302, 16.712 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; check, stop, [τινα] [[ 23.720, etc. (σχήσω is usually _future_ in this sense, τὸ πεπρωμένον οὐ σιδάρεον σχήσει τεῖχος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 232, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.820, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 284, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.272, but ἕξω 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.51)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; χεῖρας ἔχων Ἀχιλῆος holding his hands, [[ 18.33 ] Refs]; but οὐ σχήσει χεῖρας will not stay his hands, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.70; ἔ. [δάκρυον] 16.191 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔ. ὀδύνας allay, assuage them, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.848; ἔσχε κῦμα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.451; σιγῇ μῦθον 19.502 (so εἶχε σιγῇ καὶ ἔφραζε οὐδενί 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.93); ἐν φρεσὶ μῦθον 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.445 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; στόμα σῖγα, ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 660, “fragment” 773.61 (Lyric poetry); πόδα [prev. author] “IT” 1159 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πόδα ἔξω or ἐκτός τινος ἔχειν, see at {πούς}:—passive, οὖρα σχεθέντα [[ 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων ὀξέων παθῶν” 2.5. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__A.II.10 keep away from, with genitive of things, τινὰ ἀγοράων, νεῶν, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.275, 13.687; γόων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 375; φόνου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1005 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: c.infinitive, ἦ τινα.. σχήσω ἀμυνέμεναι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.182 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; stop, hinder from doing, τοῦ μὴ καταδῦναι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.5.11, compare “HG” 4.8.5; ἔσχον μὴ κτανεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 686, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.158, etc.; μὴ οὐ τάδ᾽ ἐξειπεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 658 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥστε μή.. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.5.11; τὸ μὴ ἀδικεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 691, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.101 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: also with participle, ἔ. τινὰ βουθυτοῦντα [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 888 (troch.); μαργῶντα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1156. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.11 keep back, withhold a thing, ὅς οἱ χρήματα εἶχε βίῃ [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.231, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 30.14; Ἕκτορ᾽ ἔχει.. οὐδ᾽ ἀπέλυσεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.115, compare 136 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; αὐτὸς ἔχε pray keep it, a civil form of declining, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 270. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.12 hold in guard, keep safe, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.730 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of armour, protect, [[ 22.322. ] Refs]
__A.II.13 with predicate, keep in a condition or place, εἶχον ἀτρέμας σφέας αὐτούς [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.54, compare 53, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 230; ἔ. ἑωυτοὺς κατ᾽ οἴκους 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.79; σαυτὸν ἐκποδών 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 346, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.37; σῖγα νάπη φύλλ᾽ εἶχε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1085; τοὺς στρατιώτας πολὺν χρόνον πειθομένους ἔ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.14 hold, consider, τινὰ θέᾳ ἰκέλαν [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 25.3 (uncertain), compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 164; τινὰ ὡς προφήτην NT.Matt.14.5; τινὰ ὅτι προφήτης ἦν NT.Mark.11.32; ἔχε με παρῃτημένον NT.Luke.14.18, compare “POxy.” 292.6 (1st c.AD). ] NT+7th c.BC+]
__A.III c.infinitive, have means or power to do, to be able, with aorist infinitive, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.217, 16.110, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: with present infinitive, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.364, etc.; πόλλ᾽ ἂν λέγειν ἔχοιμι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1047: sometimes with ] Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive omitted or supplied from context, ἀλλ᾽ οὔ πως ἔτι εἶχε he could not, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.354 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἷά κ᾽ ἔχωμεν so far as we be able, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.281; ἐξ οἵων ἔχω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1379; ὅσον εἶχες 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1452; ὡς ἔχω [prev. author] “Hec.” 614. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.III.b have to face, be obliged, παθεῖν [[ 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “adversus Christianos - Abh. Berl. Akad.” 63; εἰ ἕξω βλαβῆναι 2nd c.AD: Astrampsychus Onirocriticus “Oracula” p.5 H.; βάπτισμα ἔχω βαπτισθῆναι NT.Luke.12.50. ] NT+2nd c.AD+]
__A.III.2 after [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, οὐκ ἔχω] Refs 8th c.BC+], followed by a dependent clause, I know not.., οὐκ εἶχον τίς ἂν γενοίμαν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 905, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.130; οὐδ᾽ ἔχω πῶς με χρὴ.. ἀφανίσαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1710; οὐκ ἔχων ὅ τι χρὴ λέγειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.24; οὐκ ἔχω ποῖ πέσω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 705; ὅπως μολούμεθ᾽ οὐκ ἔχω [prev. author] “OC” 1743 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; the two constructions combined, οὐ γὰρ εἴχομεν οὔτ᾽ ἀντιφωνεῖν οὔθ᾽ ὅπως.. πράξαιμεν [[ [prev. author] “Ant.” 270. ] Refs]
__A.IV impersonal with accusative, there is.. (as in Mod. Gr.), ἔχει δὲ φυλακτήριον πρὸς τὸ μή σε καταπεσεῖν [[ “PMag.Par.” 1.2505, compare 1262, 1840. ] Refs]
__B intransitive, hold oneself, i.e. keep, so and so, ἔχον [οὕτως], ὥς τε τάλαντα γυνή (i.e. ἔχει) kept balanced, like the scales which.., [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.433 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἕξω δ᾽ ὡς ὅτε τις στερεὴ λίθος I will keep unmoved, as a stone.., [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.494, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.679, 24.27; νωλεμέως ἐχέμεν 5.492 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔγχος ἔχ᾽ ἀτρέμας it kept still, [[ 13.557 ] Refs]; σχὲς οὗπερ εἶ keep where thou art, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1169; ἕξειν κατὰ χώραν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 793, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.42, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 10.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; διὰ φυλακῆς ἔχοντες to keep on their guard, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.81 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔχε ἠρέμα keep still, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 399e, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔχε δή stay now, [[ [prev. author] “Prt.” 349e, “Grg.” 460a, etc.; ἔχ᾽ αὐτοῦ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.26. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.2 hold fast, οὐδέ οἱ ἔσχεν ὀστέον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.740; compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.3 with genitive, keep from, πολέμου [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.112 (compare with IV). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.4 with Preps., to be engaged or busy, ἀμφί τι [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 102 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.2.26, etc.; περί τινας [prev. author] “HG” 7.4.28. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II simply, be, ἑκὰς εἶχον [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.435; ἔ. κατ᾽ οἴκους 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.39; περὶ πολλῶν ἔ. πρηγμάτων [prev. author] 3.128 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀγῶνα διὰ πάσης ἀγωνίης ἔχοντα consisting in.., [[ [prev. author] 2.91; ἔ. ἐν ἀνάγκαισι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 88 (Lyric poetry); ὅπου συμφορᾶς ἔχεις [prev. author] “El.” 238; ἐκποδὼν ἔχειν [prev. author] “IT” 1226, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.2 frequently with adverbs of manner, εὖ ἔχει [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.245, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; καλῶς ἔχει, κακῶς ἔχει, it is, is going on well or ill, see at {καλός, κακός} (but future σχήσειν καλῶς will turn out well, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.9, compare 18.45; εὖ σχήσει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 684)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὕτως.. σχεῖν to turn out, happen thus, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 39b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὕτως ἔχει so the case stands, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 110 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὕτως ἐχόντων, Latin cum res ita se habeant, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.10; ὡς ὧδ᾽ ἐχόντων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 981; οὕτω χρὴ διὰ στέρνων ἔχειν [prev. author] “Ant.” 639; οὕτως ἔ. περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.8.7, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.16; πρός τι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.45; τῇδ᾽ ἔ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1336; κοσμίως ἔ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 854; ἥδιον ἔ. πρός τινας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.63 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς εἶχε just as he was, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.114; ὥσπερ εἶχε 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.134, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.1.30 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς ἔχω how I am, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 610; ὥσπερ ἔχομεν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.30; τἀναντία εἶχεν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.41 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀσφαλέως, ἀναγκαίως ἔχει, ={ἀσφαλές, ἀναγκαῖόν ἐστι}, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86, 9.27 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καλῶς ἔχει no, I thank you, see at {καλός}.
__B.II.2.b with genitive modi, εὖ ἔ. τινός to be well off for a thing, abound in it; καλῶς ἔ. μέθης to be well off for drink, i.e. to be pretty well drunk, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.20 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σπόρου ἀνακῶς ἐ. to be busy with sowing, [[ [prev. author] 8.109 ] Refs]; εὖ ἐ. φρενῶν, σώματος, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 462, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 404d; εὖ ὥρας ἔχον χωρίον 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 5.108 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare ἥκ; so ὡς ποδῶν εἶχον as fast as they could go, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.116, 9.59; ὡς τάχεος εἶχε ἕκαστος [prev. author] 8.107; ὡς.. τις εὐνοίας ἢ μνήμης ἔχοι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.22; ὡς ὀργῆς ἔχω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 345, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 313, 857, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πῶς ἔχεις δόξη; [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 456d; οὕτω τρόπου ἔχεις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.56; μετρίως ἔ. βίου 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32; ὑγιεινῶς ἔ. αὐτὸς αὑτοῦ καὶ σωφρόνως 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 571d; οὐκ εὖ σεαυτοῦ τυγχάνεις ἔχων 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 4.11: also with _accusative_, εὖ ἔ. τὸ σῶμα καὶ τὴν ψυχήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 464a, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 21.7: with _dative_, οὕτως ἐχόντων τούτων τῇ φύσει 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.315; πῶς ἔχετε ταῖς διανοίαις 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 75; τῇ λέξει κακῶς ἔ. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.10. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.III of direction, hold or turn towards, see above [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11.8. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.III.2 stand up, jut out, κίονες ὑψόσ᾽ ἔχοντες [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.38; δι᾽ ὤμου ἔγχος ἔσχεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.520. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__B.III.3 lead towards, ὁδοὶ ἐπὶ τὸν ποταμὸν ἔ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.180, compare 191, 2.17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔ. εἴς τι to be directed, point towards, ἔχθρης ἐχούσης ἐς Ἀθηναίους [[ [prev. author] 5.81 ] Refs]; τὸ ἐς τοὺς Ἀργείους ἔχον what concerns them, [[ [prev. author] 6.19; ταῦτα ἐς τὴν ἀπόστασιν ἔχοντα [prev. work] 2 ] Refs], etc.; of Place, extend, reach to, ἐπ᾽ ὅσον ἔποψις τοῦ ἱροῦ εἶχε [[ [prev. author] 1.64. ] Refs]
__B.III.4 ἐπί τινι ἔ. have hostile feelings to wards.., [[ [prev. author] 6.49, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 987 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.IV after [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, ἔχω] Refs 8th c.BC+] as auxiliary, with aorist participle giving a perfect sense, κρύψαντες ἔχουσι [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 42; ἀποκληΐσας ἔχεις 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.37; ἐγκλῄσασ᾽ ἔχει 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 355, compare “Th.” 706; frequently in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, θαυμάσας ἔχω “OC” 1140, compare “Ant.” 22, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]: also in late Prose, ἀναλώσας ἔχεις [[ 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “Orationes” 18(20).1; ὅς σφε νῦν ἀτιμάσας ἔχει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 33 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: less frequently with perfect participle, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 701, “Ph.” 600, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.3.14, 4.7.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely with present participle, πατρίδα καταστένουσ᾽ ἔχεις [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 318 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 10.11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.IV.2 participle ἔχων, with present, adds a notion of duration to that of present action, τί κυπτάζεις ἔ.; why do you keep poking about there? [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 509 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί δῆτα διατρίβεις ἔ.; why then keep wasting time? [[ [prev. author] “Ec.” 1151 ] Refs]; τί γὰρ ἕστηκ᾽ ἔ.[[; [prev. work] 853, compare “Th.” 473, 852: without _interrogative_, φλυαρεῖς ἔ., ἔ. φλυαρεῖς] Refs], you keep chattering, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 490e, “Euthd.” 295c; κακοῦν ἔχοντ᾽ αὐτὸν ἀποκτιννύναι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.35 (and so possibly ἐνεργεῖ ἔ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1072b23); παίσδεις ἔ. 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: so in later Prose, παίζεις ἔ. [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Icar.” 24 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; but ῥιπτεῖς ἔ.; do you throw away the prize when it is in your grasp? [[ 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.443 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__C middle, hold oneself fast, cling closely, τῷ προσφὺς ἐχόμην [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.433, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.513, etc.; πρὸς ἀλλήλῃσιν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.329 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: mostly with genitive, hold on by, cling to, [πέτρης[[] [prev. work] 429; χερσὶν ἀώτου 9.435; βρετέων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 98 (Lyric poetry); ἑξόμεσθάσου 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 101 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς πληγῆς ἔχ εται claps his hand on the place struck, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.40. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__C.2 metaphorically, cleave, cling to, ἔργου [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.11, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.2.19; γεωργίας “BGU” 7.6 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῶν πραγμάτων [[ 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 1.19a ] Refs 4th c.AD+]; βιοτᾶς, ἐλπίδος, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 491, “fragment” 409; τῆς αὐτῆς γνώμης 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.140 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; lay hold on, take advantage of, τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἔχεο [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 32; προφάσιος ἔχεσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.94 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; fasten upon, attack, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.79 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; lay claim to, ἀμφοτέρων τῶν ἐπωνυμιέων [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be zealous for, [μάχης] [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 424; ἀληθείας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 709c; κοινῇ τῆς σωτηρίας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.3.17, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.3 come next to, follow closely,[[ [prev. work] 1.8.4; ἕπεσθαι ἐχομένους ὅτι μάλιστα τῶν ἁρμάτων [prev. author] “Cyr.” 7.1.9 ] Refs]; of peoples or places, to be close, border on, with genitive, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.169, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.96, etc.; frequently in ] Refs 5th c.BC+]participle, τὴν ἐχομένην [τῶν νεωρίων] στοάν Aen. Tact.[[ 11.3 ] Refs]; οἱ ἐ. the neighbouring people, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.134 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ἐχόμενος the next man, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 22.27 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of Time, τὸ ἐχόμενον ἔτος the next year, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.3; ὁ ἐ. διαλογισμός “PRev.Laws” 16.15 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἐχόμενα τούτοις what follows, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 494e (without τούτοις 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.29). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.4 depend, ἔκ τινος [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.197, 11.346: with _genitive_, σέο δ᾽ ἕξεται 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.102. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__C.4.b to be connected with by etymology, τὸ θύειν τοῦ θυμιᾶν εἴχετο [[ 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 2.59. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__C.5 pertain to, ὅσα ἔχεται τῶν αἰσθήσεων [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 661b; ἃ διδασκάλων εἴχετο [prev. author] “Prt.” 319e; ὅσα τέχνης ἔχεται [prev. author] “Men.” 94b, etc.: especially in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus in periphrases, τὰ τῶν ὀνειράτων, καρπῶν ἐχόμενα, 1.120, 193 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀρνίθων ἢ ἰχθύων [[ 2.77; σιτίων, ἐσθῆτος, 3.25, 66. ] Refs]
__C.II bear or hold for oneself, κρήδεμνα ἄντα παρειάων σχομένη before her cheeks, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.334 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀσπίδα πρόσθ᾽ ἔσχετο his shield, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.294, compare 298, 20.262. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__C.III maintain oneself, hold one's ground,[[ 12.126; ἔχεο κρατερῶς 16.501. ] Refs]
__C.III.2 with accusative, keep off from oneself, repel, [[ 17.639 (unless σχήσεσθαι is _passive_, compare 9.235). ] Refs]
__C.IV keep oneself back, abstain or refrain from, ἀϋτῆς, μάχης, [[ 2.98, 3.84; βίης 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.422; ἐχώμεθα δηϊοτῆτος ἐκ βελέων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.129; τῆς ἀγωγῆς 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.85; τῆς τιμωρίης [prev. author] 7.169; τῶν ἀθίκτων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 891 (Lyric poetry, assuming variant)] Refs 8th c.BC+]: c.infinitive, [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.328; οὐκ ἂν ἐσχόμην τὸ μὴ ἀποκλῇσαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1387 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κακῶν ἄπο χεῖρας ἔχεσθαι to keep one's hands from ill, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.316; Μενέλεω σχέσθαι χέρα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 174: _absolutely_, σχέο, σχέσθε] Refs 8th c.BC+], hold! cease! [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.379, 22.416. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__C.V passive of ἔχω [[ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1, ἐπὶ ξυροῦ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα] Refs 5th c.BC+] are balanced on.., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
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