Perseus analyses of ἴσχεο:

ῑσχεο,ἴσχω (keep back, restrain): imperf ind mp 2nd sg (epic doric ionic aeolic)
ἴσχω (keep back, restrain): pres imperat mp 2nd sg (epic doric ionic aeolic)
ἴσχω (keep back, restrain): imperf ind mp 2nd sg (epic doric ionic aeolic)

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ἴσχω

ἴσχω, redupl. form of ἔχω (only found in pres., and impf. Act. and Pass., Ep. inf. ἰσχέμεναι, ἰσχέμεν, Od. 20.330, Il. 17.501), but in Hom. and Hes. almost always with a limited sense,

A. keep back, restrain (v. infr. II), δέος ἴσχει τινά Il. 5.812,817, etc.; ἴ. τινὰ ἀνάγκῃ Od. 4.558; θυμὸν ἴ. ἐν στήθεσσι Il. 9.256; Ζεὺς ἴσχεν ἑὸν μένος Hes. Th. 687; οὐδʼ ἔτι σηκοὶ ἴσχουσι (the calves) Od. 10.413; [πρὼν] ἴσχει ῥέεθρα Il. 17.750; ἵππους ἴ. 15.456, etc.; ἶσχον βουλομένους τοὺς ἑπτὰ ἐς τὸ πρόσω παριέναι Hdt. 3.77; μηδὲν ἡμᾶς ἰσχέτω Ar. V. 1264; οὐδέποτέ γʼ ἴσχει θύρα, prov. of those who keep open house, Eup. 265; ἴσχε στόμα E. HF 1244; ἴσχε δακὼν στόμα σόν S. Tr. 976 (anap.); τὸ ἴσχον τὴν πορείαν X. An. 6.5.13; χείμαρρον . . ἕρκεα ἴσχει ἀλωάων keep it back, Il. 5.90: c. gen., ξίφος ἴ. τινός to keep it from him, E. Hel. 1656; ἴ. τῆς ῥοῆς, τοῦ ἰέναι, Pl. Cra. 416b, 420e: folld. by inf., ἴ. τινὰ μὴ πράσσειν E. IA 661:—Pass., to be checked, Gal. UP 15.3: also impers., ἐν τούτῳ ἴσχετο here the matter stopped, X. An. 6.3.9.

2. abs., ἴσχε hold, stay, stop! A. Ch. 1052, S. Ichn. 95; of ships, put in, v.l. in Th. 2.91; πρὸς ταῖς πόλεσι Id. 7.35, cf. A.R. 2.390; of rivers, stop, Arr. An. 5. 9.4 :—in this sense Hom. uses Med. or Pass., ἴσχεσθʼ Ἀργεῖοι, μὴ φεύγετε Od. 24.54, cf. Il. 3.82; ἴσχεο check thyself, be calm, 1.214, 2.247, Od. 22.356, etc.; keep quiet, 11.251: c. gen., ἴσχεσθαί τινος desist from a thing, 18.347, 24.323.

III. after Hom., hold or have in possession, v.l. in Hdt. 3.39, Th. 3.58; have a wife, Hdt. 5.92.βʹ; of women, ἴ. ἐν γαστρί or simply ἴ. to be pregnant, Hp. Epid. 2.2.18, etc.; μετὰ τοῦτον ἴ. Κλεόμβροτον conceives Cl., Hdt. 5.41 : generally, like ἔχω, ἴσχε κἀμοῦ μνῆστιν S. Aj. 520; λῆστιν ἴ. to be forgetful, Id. OC 584; ἄλγος ἴ. Id. OT 1031; γνώμαν ἴ., = γνῶναι, Id. El. 214 (lyr.); ἴ. δοῦλον βίον Id. Tr. 302; νοῦν Pl. Smp. 181d; ἐπωνυμίαν Id. Prm. 130e; χρώματα Hp. Prog. 12; κακώσιας Id. Art. 61; receive, [πεμπάδα] SIG 57.35 (Milet., v B.C.); ἰσχέτω δίκην καὶ ὑπεχέτω ib. 286.15 (iv B.C.), cf. IG 5(2).357.23 (Stymphalus, iii B.C.): c. dupl. acc., ἴ. τινὰ ξύνευνον S. Aj. 1301; θεὸν οὐ λήξω προστάταν ἴσχων Id. OT 882 (lyr.).

3. intr., to be, like ἔχω, ἀπολέμως ἴσχοντες Pl. Plt. 307e; εὖ ἴ. τὸ σῶμα Id. R. 411c; ὧδε Id. Phlb. 38c; τοῖς πᾶσι χαλεπώτερον Th. 7.50.