ἐνίσχω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἐνίσχω
Structure:
ἐν
(Prefix)
+
ί̓σχ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to keep in one's, to be held fast
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἐστιν ὡσ ξύλον οὔτ’ ἄγαν πυκνὸσ ὡσ χρυσὸσ ἢ λίθοσ, ἀλλ’ ἔχει πόρουσ καὶ οἴμουσ καὶ τραχύτητασ διὰ τὰσ ἀνωμαλίασ τῷ ἀέρι συμμέτρουσ, ὥστε μὴ ἀπολισθάνειν ἀλλ’ ἕδραισ τισὶν ἐνισχόμενον καὶ ἀντερείσεσι περιπλοκὴν σύμμετρον ἐχούσαισ, ὡσ ἂν ἐμπέσῃ πρὸσ τὴν λίθον φερόμενοσ, ἀποβιάζεσθαι καὶ προωθεῖν τὸν σίδηρον. (Plutarch, Platonicae quaestiones, chapter 7, section 7 7:1)
- φυγεῖν ἀλλ’ ἐνισχόμενον ὥσπερ ὑπὸ δεσμῶν καὶ πηγνύμενον. (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 27 5:1)
- δηρὸν δ’ οὐ μετέπειτα τεὴν κατὰ βάξιν Ιἤσων χειμερίοιο ῥέεθρα κιὼν διὰ ποσσὶν Ἀναύρου ἄλλο μὲν ἐξεσάωσεν ὑπ’ ἰλύοσ, ἄλλο δ’ ἔνερθεν κάλλιπεν αὖθι πέδιλον ἐνισχόμενον προχοῇσιν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 1:3)
- Αἴτιον δὲ τουτέου τόδε ἐστὶν, ὅτι, πρὶν λυθῆναι τὴν ὀδύνην, θνήσκουσιν‧ ταχέωσ γὰρ πνευματίαι γίγνονται‧ ὑπὸ δὲ τοῦ πολλοῦ καὶ πυκνοῦ πνεύματοσ, ὡσ ἤδη εἴρηται, καταγλισχραινόμενον τὸ πτύελον ἀπέπτωσ κωλύει τὴν ἐπάνοδον γίγνεσθαι, ἀλλὰ τὴν Ῥέγξιν ποιέει ἐνισχόμενον ἐν τοῖσι βρογχίοισι τοῦ πλεύμονοσ. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 5.9)
- Καὶ ὁκόταν ἐσ ταὐτὸ ἔλθῃ, θανατῶδεσ ἤδη ὡσ ἐπιτοπουλὺ ἐστίν‧ καὶ γὰρ αὐτὸ τὸ πτύελον ἐνισχόμενον κωλύει μὲν τὸ πνεῦμα ἔσω φέρεσθαι, ἀναγκάζει δὲ ταχέωσ ἔξω φέρεσθαι‧ καὶ οὕτωσ ἐσ τὸ κακὸν ἀλλήλοισι τιμωρέουσι‧ τό τε γὰρ πτύελον ἐνισχόμενον πυκνὸν τὸ πνεῦμα ποιέει, τό τε πνεῦμα πυκνὸν ἐὸν ἐπιγλισχραίνει τὸ πτύελον, καὶ κωλύει ἀπολισθαίνειν. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 5.10)
Synonyms
-
to keep in one's
- προσέχω ( I am held fast by a thing, attached to it)
Derived
- ἀπίσχω (to keep off, hold off)
- ἐξίσχω (to put forth)
- ἐπίσχω (to hold or direct towards, to restrain, withhold)
- ἴσχω (to hold, check, curb)
- κατίσχω (to hold back, to keep by one, to occupy)
- παρίσχω (to hold in readiness, to present, offer)
- προίσχω (to hold before, hold out, to hold out before oneself)
- συνίσχω (to be afflicted)
- ὑπερίσχω (to be above, to prevail over, to protect)