Scriptorium tag: V
 1. to delay, hold back until s.th. happens (with limitative)
ref: 11037 Bibliography: DDGLC
 2. to delay, hold back (object: none)
ref: 5352 Bibliography: DDGLC
 3. to keep, hold back, delay s.o.
ref: 1803 Bibliography: DDGLC
 4. to keep, hold back, delay s.th.
ref: 5351 Bibliography: DDGLC
 5. to seize s.o.
ref: 8256 Bibliography: DDGLC
 6. to seize s.th. for s.o.
ref: 11125 Bibliography: DDGLC
cf. Gr. (DDGLC lemma ID 1084) κατέχω  to hold back, withhold, gain possession of. verb (LSJ 926a?; Preisigke 1:776?)
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
  • ⲁϥⲕⲁⲧⲉⲭⲉ ⲉⲃⲱⲕ . he determined to go. Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 099: Anonymous N 293 (urn:cts:copticLit:ap.99.monbeg)
  • ⲁⲡⲁ ⲃⲓⲕⲧⲱⲣ ⲇⲉ · ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲙⲡⲕⲉⲥⲧⲱⲛⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ · ϫⲉⲡⲟⲗϭⲧ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲧⲁⲭⲏ ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲛⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲕⲁⲧⲉⲭⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ · And Apa Victor said unto the executioner, 'Dismiss me speedily, for the sake of the angels who have hold upon me.' Martyrdom of Victor part 8 (urn:cts:copticLit:martyrdoms.victor.budge:86-90)
  • ⲁⲥⲡⲱⲱⲛⲉ ⲙⲡⲁⲓⲱⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲏⲡ ⲁⲛ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲁⲥⲧⲣⲉⲩϣⲱⲡⲉ · ⲛⲉⲧⲏⲡ ϩⲱⲱϥ · ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲁⲥⲕⲁⲧⲉⲭⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ · It hath changed this world, and hath made to exist the things which ought not to exist; and the col — things which ought indeed to exist it hath set a restraint upon. On the End of the World and on Temple of Solomon (urn:cts:copticLit:psbasil.temple.budge:1-47)

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