χειρ-ισμός (cheirismos)

What it meant — LSJ

handling, manipulation, treatment

handling, manipulation, treatment, esp. in surgery, Hp. Off. 3, Paul.Aeg. 6.122.

2 management, handling, by, of, exercise, execution, treatment

management, handling, τῆς τύχης by fortune, Plb. 1.4.1; τῶν πραγμάτων of business, 5.26.4; ὁ κατὰ μέρος χ. 2.35.3; ὁ χ. τῆς χάριτος exercise, 31.28.11; τῶν δογμάτων execution, 6.12.3: abs., 1.28.4; of literary or rhetorical treatment, D.S. 5.1, Phld. Rh. 1.371S.

3 financial administration, department

esp. of financial administration, Schwyzer 631.11 (Milet., ii B.C.), Rev.Arch. 1925(22).62 (Callatis), POxy. 2125.3 (iii A.D.); department, PTeb. 758.14 (ii B.C.), Wilcken Chr. 432.13 (ii A.D.), 170.27 (iii A.D.).

4 administrative posts

pl., administrative posts, Vett.Val. 39.12.

5 inventory, register

inventory, register of property, Wilcken Chr. 71.11 (pl.), 91.14 (both ii A.D.).

b guild, corporation

guild, corporation, τῶν κυβερνητῶν PGiss. 11.11 (ii A.D.), cf. PPetr. 3p.206, al. (iii B.C., abbrev.).

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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