hold back
Ancient Greek word, found 11 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Iliad 14.387: ἐν δαῒ λευγαλέῃ, ἀλλὰ δέος ἰσχάνει ἄνδρας.
Homer, Odyssey 19.42: σίγα καὶ κατὰ σὸν νόον ἴσχανε μηδʼ ἐρέεινε·
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.902: ἴσχανʼ, ἐπεὶ πάτρην μοι ἅλις Πελίαο ἕκητι