κατ - έχω , fut. καθέξει, aor. 2 κατέσχον, pass. κατέχονται,
ipf. κατείχετο, -έχοντο, mid. aor.
κατέσχετο, part. κατασχομένη, aor. 2, parallel forms, κατέσχεθον, sync. κα?σχεθε:
I. act., hold down, Od.
24.242; hold fast, keep back, Il. 11.702, Od.
15.200; occupy, ‘fill,’
Il. 16.79; fig., of the earth
holding down (within its depths) the buried dead, πρὶν καί τινα γαῖα καθέξει, Π 629, Il. 3.243; of the heavens held (obscured)
by night, the moon by clouds, Od.
13.269, Od.
9.145.—II. mid., hold down upon or
cover oneself or a part of oneself, Il. 3.419, Od.
19.361; stop, tarry, Od. 3.284.