ἐπεῖχε (epeiche)

ἐπεῖχε is an Ancient Greek form of ἐπώχατο, meaning “were shut (Homeric form of ἐπέχω)”.

It can also be a form of ἐπέχω, “hold on; restrain; extend”. It is the 3rd person singular imperfect active indicative.

Found 34 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Theocritus, Εἰδύλλια 13.46: ἤτοι ὁ κοῦρος ἐπεῖχε ποτῷ πολυχανδέα κρωσσὸν

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.