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χειρο-ήθης

cheiroethes

accustomed to the hand, manageable

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  • On the Art of Horsemanship 1 · 1.44/10k
  • Economics 1 · 0.56/10k
  • Histories 2 · 0.11/10k

What it meant — LSJ

accustomed to the hand, manageable, tame, used to

accustomed to the hand, manageable, commonly of animals, tame, κροκόδειλος Hdt. 2.69; θεός τις χ., as Cambyses sneeringly calls Apis, Id. 3.28; χ. πῶλος X. Eq. 2.3; λέων D.S. 1.48, etc.: c. dat., used to, ἐγχέλεις ἀνθρώποις χ. Plu. Sollert. 2.976a; [θηρία] χ. γιγνόμενα τοῖς πόνοις, i.e. by training, ib. Lib.educ. 2f.

2 civilized, amenable, submissive, used

of persons, civilized, Str. 11.2.4; amenable, c. dat., μοι χ. ἦν καὶ ἐτιθασ(σ)εύετο (fort. ἐτετιθάσευτο) had become submissive to me, of a person, X. Oec. 7.10; τιθασεύουσι χειροήθεις ἑαυτοῖς ποιοῦντες D. 3.31; τῷ δήμῳ Plu. Per. 15; τοῖς [ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ λεγομένοις] παρέχουσιν ἑαυτοὺς χ. Id. Aud.poet. 2.14e; χ. ὕβρει used to it, Luc. Merc.Cond. 35: Comp., ἡδονῇ -έστερος Jul. Caes. 318a.

3 manageable, tolerable

of things, manageable, tolerable, τῇ διανοία χ. διὰ τῆς ὄψεως Plu. Mar. 16; τὰ ὅπλα τοῖς σώμασιν ἐγίνετο χ. Id. Phil. 9, cf. Plu. Aud. 2.47b; αὑτῷ χ. καταστησάτω τὸ παθηματικὸν τῆς ψυχῆς μόριον Jul. Or. 6.199c.

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