Ἴσχω
I hold, possess
Translated by David Whitehead23 May 2003Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] I control.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἴσχω· αἰτιατικῇ· κρατῶ.
Betacode
*)/isxw: ai)tiatikh=|: kratw=.
Notes
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- ι712Ἴσχεrestrain![Meaning] hold back! Also [sc. attested is the phrase], "hold, my child!" Also [sc. attested is] i)/sxein ["to restrain"], [meaning] to hold.
- ι716Ἰσχέτωlet [something] restrain[Meaning] let [him/her/it] hold back. "Let's go now, [and] let nothing restrain us!"
- ι717Ἴσχεινto keep[Meaning] to hold. "It was not permissible [...] to chirp or to keep one's feet crosswise." Aristophanes says: "the door never keeps to receive them as guests." Meaning prevents, shuts out. In reference to those who…
- ι719Ἰσχίονhip-joint[Meaning] the hollow of the buttock, in which the socket turns. [sc. It is so called] because those who sit are holding still [i)/sxein].
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Revision history4 revisions · last 16 Jan 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- added cross-references — Catharine Roth
- expanded note — David Whitehead
- added note and link, set status — William Hutton
- Translated — David Whitehead