κάτοχος, ον,
(κατέχω) holding down, γῆ [[ “Tab.Defix.” 101.1 (4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; κ. λίθοι, of sepulchral stones, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]; κ. alone, tombstone, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 3.1425a] Refs]; also, οἰκουμένης κ., of ocean, [[ 2nd c.AD: Secundus Gnomologus “Sententiae - FPG” 2. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 holding fast, μοχλοί [[ LXX.Jonah.2.7; δεσμοί 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.321d ] LXX+1st c.AD+]; φάρμακα κ. τῶν ἐμβρύων drugs which prevent miscarriage, [[ 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 16.21 ] Refs 6th c.AD+]; retentive, of memory, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cat.Mi.” 1 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; secure, κτῆσις κ. καὶ βέβαιος [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Isocrate” 9. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__3 possessing, inspiring, Μοῦσα [[ 2nd c.AD: Aspasius Philosophus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 5.219d ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; in magic, inhibiting, Ἑρμῆς [[ “Tab.Defix.” 89.2 (4th c.BC), +others ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II passive, kept down, held fast, κάτοχ᾽ ἀμαυροῦσθαι σκότῳ [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 223 (troch.)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; overpowered, overcome, ὕπνῳ [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 978 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; subject, Ἄρει [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1090 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 possessed, inspired, δαίμονί τινι [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 846b24; τῷ Σαβαζίῳ 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de Mysteriis” 3.9; ἐκ θεοῦ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 19, etc.; ἐκ τοῦ θείου 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 4.13.5; ἐκ Μουσῶν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 8; ἐξ Ἄρεως 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 1.20; ἐκ πυξίου 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ind.” 15; στροφὴν ὁλοσώματον ὥσπερ οἱ κ. δινεύοντες 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 4.17, compare 8.11, 10.9 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also perhaps of cloistered worshippers, recluses, οἱ κ. οὐρανίου Διός [[ “OGI” 262.25 (Baetocaece, 3rd c.AD),compare “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 4475 ([prev. passage], 3rd c.AD): _absolutely_, 4th-3rd c.BC: Cleanthes Stoicus 1.123; ἐν ἱεροῖς κ. Vett. Val. 73.24. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]