καθεκτός

καθεκ-τός, ή, όν, (κατέχω)

• to be held back, checked, θρασὺς καὶ βδελυρὸς καὶ οὐδὲ κ. ἔτι D. 21.2, cf. Plu. Fab. 10, Pomp. 66; τῶν πραγμάτων οὐκέτι πολλοῖς ὄντων καθεκτῶν since power could not be retained in the hands of many, Id. Brut. 47; ἐν τῷ κ. εἶναι to contain oneself, Philostr. Im. 2.6. Adv. οὐ -τῶς so as not to be restrained, μάχεσθαι Id. Her. 10.5.
• • II in the grip of, λούπησι χαλεπῆσιν Corinn. Supp. 1.28.