2. beat back an assailant, Th.4.12, cf. Plu.Caes. 38.
3. ἀ. ναῦν check a ship's course, v.l. in Thphr.Char.25.2.
2. cut from below, Hld.9.18.
3. beat up eggs, Sor.1.222, PMag.Lond.121.180.
III. check, stop, “ἦχον” D.H.Comp. 22; “προσδοκίαν” Phld.Piet.25; “ἀοιδήν” Coluth.125:—Pass., to be stopped, restrained, “τῆς ὁρμῆς” Luc.Alex.57, cf. PFlor.36.3; stop short in a speech, Luc.Nigr.35.