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

  • ἐγὼ γὰρ οὕτωσ χειριῶ τὰσ διαλύσεισ ὥστε μηδὲ βουληθέντα τὸν Φίλιππον ἀδικεῖν δύνασθαι τοὺσ Ἕλληνασ. (Polybius, Histories, book 18, chapter 37 12:2)

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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