The corpus record

χείρ-ιος

cheirios

in the hands, under control

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Where it lives

Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
Ion 1 · 1.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

in the hands, under control, in the power of, captive to, into your power?

= ὑποχείριος, in the hands, under control, E. Andr. 411; mostly with a Verb, χειρίαν ἀφείς τινι having left me in the power of, captive to, another, S. Aj. 495; ἐλάβετε . . Ἑλένην χειρίαν; did you get her into your power? E. Cyc. 177; χ. ἁλοῦσα Id. Ion 1257 (troch.).

In the wild

χειρία · cheiria Euripides, Ion (DIORISIS sentence 798)
χειρίαν · cheirian Sophocles, Ajax 490–495

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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