ἐπίσχω

epischo

hold or direct towards

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

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Odyssey 2
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Book 20 1
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20266
Book 22 1
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2215
Iliad 1
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Book 17 1
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17465

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπίσχω, redupl. pres. of ἐπέχω,

hold or direct towards, ἐπίσχειν ὠκέας ἵππους Il. 17.465; νῶϊν against us, Hes. Sc. 350 ; [σελάννα] φάος ἐπίσχει θάλασσαν ἐπʼ ἀλμύραν Sapph. 96.9 L.-P..

II. restrain, keep in check, ἔπισχε μένος Hes. Sc. 446; τόδε γε [τὸ δέος] οὐδὲν ἐπίσχει Th. 3.45, cf. Pl. Lg. 932e, Phlb. 45d; τὸ ἐπίσχον obstruction, Arist. Cael. 311a9: c. gen., ἐπίσχετε θυμὸν ἐνιπῆς καὶ χειρῶν Od. 20.266 ; τινὰ τοῦ θράσους Pl. Hp.Ma. 298a:—Med., ἐπισχόμεναι ἑανῶν πτύχας girding up, h.Cer. 176 ; ἐπίσχετʼ ὀργῇ χεῖρας Euphro 8.3 (dub.):—Pass., to be stopped, ἐπίσχεται τὸ τῆς κοιλίας Thphr. Sud. 20.

III. intr., leave off, stop, wait, ἔπισχε hold! E. El. 758.

2. c. gen., cease from, τοῦ γράφειν Pl. Phdr. 257c, cf. Prm. 152b.

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