Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

χείριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χείριος χείριᾱ χείριον

Structure: χειρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = u(poxei/rios

Sense

  1. in the hands, in the power or control, having left, into one's power

Examples

  • τοιγαροῦν, ἐπεὶ τὸ σὸν λέχοσ ξυνῆλθον, εὖ φρονῶ τὰ σά, καί σ’ ἀντιάζω πρόσ τ’ ἐφεστίου Διὸσ εὐνῆσ τε τῆσ σῆσ, ᾗ συνηλλάχθησ ἐμοί, μή μ’ ἀξιώσῃσ βάξιν ἀλγεινὴν λαβεῖν τῶν σῶν ὑπ’ ἐχθρῶν, χειρίαν ἐφείσ τινι. (Sophocles, Ajax, episode 1:7)

Synonyms

  1. in the hands

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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