4. to hold out, bear up against, support, sustain an attack, Lat. sustinere ; in which sense Hom. uses fut. schvsw, schvsomai .
5.
to hold fast, keep close,
as bars do a gate, Il.:
to enclose,
Hom.
6.
to hold
or
keep in a certain direction,
like
ejpevcw, oji>sto;n e[ce
he aimed
it, Il.; of horses or ships,
to guide, drive, steer,
Ib.; then
absol.
,
th`/ rJj e[ce
that way
he held his course,
Ib.:—also
to put in, land,
eij"
or
pro;" tovpon
Hdt
.;
deu`ro nou`n e[ce
attend to this,
Eur
.;
prov" ti to;n nou`n e[c
.
Thuc.
7. to hold in, stay, keep back, i{ppou" Il., etc. ; ouj schvsei cei`ra" will not withhold his hands, Od.; ojduvna" e[c . to allay, assuage them, Il., etc.
8. to keep away from, c. gen. rei, tina; ajgoravwn, new`n Ib.:—in Att. to stop or hinder from doing, tou` mh; katadu`nai Xen .; e[scon mh; katanei`n Eur.
9.
to keep back, withhold
a thing,
crhvmata
Od.,
etc.
10.
to hold in guard, keep safe, protect,
Il.
III.
c. inf.
to have means
or
power
to do,
to be able,
c. inf
.,
Hom.
,
etc.
:—with
inf.
omitted,
ou[pw" ei\ce
he could not,
Il.
2.
after
Hom.
,
oujk e[cw o{pw"
I know not
how,
etc.
,
Soph.
,
etc.
;
oujk e[cw o{ ti crh; levgein
Xen.
B.
intrans.
to hold oneself, to keep
so and so,
e{xw, wJ" o{te ti" livqo"
. .
I will hold fast,
as a stone. . , Od.;
sce;" ou|per ei\
keep
where thou art,
Soph.
;
e[cein kata; cwvran
to keep
in ones place,
Ar.
,
etc.
;
dia; fulakh`" e[cein
to keep
on ones guard,
Thuc.
2.
c. gen.
to keep from,
polevmou
Id.
3.
c. gen
., also,
to take part in, have to do with,
tevcnh"
Soph
.:
to be engaged
or
busy,
ajmfiv ti
Aesch.
;
periv ti
Xen.
II. simply to be, often with Advs. of manner, eu\ e[cei Od.; kalw`" e[cei, kakw`" e[cei , Lat. bene habet, male habet , it is going on well, Att .; ou{tw" e[cei so the case stands, Ar ., etc. :—a gen. modi is often added, eu\ e[cein tinov" to be well off for a thing, abound in it, Hdt. ; wJ" podw`n ei\con as fast as they could go, Id.; w{" ti" eujnoiva" h] mnhvmh" e[coi as each man felt disposed or remembered, Thuc.
III. to lead towards, ejpi; to;n potamovn Hdt .; e[c. ei[" ti , to point towards, tend towards, Id.; to; ejsÆArgeivou" e[con what concerns them, Id.; also, e[pÆ o{son e[poyi" ei\ce so far as the view extended, Id.
2.
ejpiv tini e[cein
to have
hostile feelings towards. . , Id.,
Soph.
IV.
after
Hom.
,
e[cw
is joined with
aor. part.
of another Verb,
kruvyante" e[cousi
for
kekruvfasi
,
Hes.
;
ajpoklhi?sa" e[cei"
for
ajpokevkleika"
,
Hdt.
;—sometimes it gives a
pres.
sense to the
aor.
, as,
qaumavsa" e[cw
I am in a state
of wonderment,
Soph.
;
o{" sfe nu`n ajtimavsa" e[cei
who now treats her with dishonour,
Eur.
2. the part. e[cwn , with the pres. , adds a notion of duration, as, tiv kuptavzei" e[cwn ; why do you keep poking about there? Ar. ; fluarei`", lhrei`" e[cwn you keep chattering, trifling, Plat.
3.
pleonast.,
ejsti;n e[con
=
e[cei
,
Hdt.
;
jsti;n ajnagkaivw" e[con
=
e[cei ajnagkaivw"
,
Aesch.
C.
Med.
to hold on by, cling to,
c. gen
.,
Hom.
,
etc.
2.
metaph.
to cleave
or
cling to,
e[rgou
Hdt
.;
ejlpivdo"
Eur
.;
th`" aujth`" gnwvmh"
Thuc
.:
to lay claim to
a thing,
Hdt.
;
to be zealous for,
mavch"
Soph.
3. to come next to, follow closely, Xen .; th`" plhgh`" e[cetai follows up the blow, Dem. :—of peoples or places, to be close, touch, border on, tino" Hdt ., etc. ; oiJ ejcovmenoi the neighbouring people, Id.: of Time, to; ejcovmenon e[to" the next year, Thuc.
4.
to depend on,
tino"
or
e[k tino"
Hom.
5.
to pertain to,
tino"
Hdt.
II.
to bear
or
hold for oneself,
Hom.