χειρ-όω (cheiroo)

Where it lives

Menexenus 2 · 4.16/10k
Trachiniae 3 · 4.13/10k
Agesilaus 3 · 4.08/10k
Hiero 2 · 3.36/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 3 · 2.9/10k
Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
Sophist 4 · 2.5/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 2 · 2.41/10k
Job 3 · 2.25/10k
On Hunting 2 · 2.2/10k
Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Machabaeourum III 1 · 1.99/10k

Densest 12 of 39 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

worst, master, subdue

worst, master, subdue, τινὰ πρὸς βίαν χειροῦν Ar. V. 443 (troch.); χ. τὸν ἐλέφαντα Ael. NA 17.32 (s. v.l.).

II conquer, overpower, subdue, killing, taking prisoner, became master of

mostly in Med., fut. -ώσομαι S. Ph. 92, Th. 1.122, etc.: aor. ἐχειρωσάμην Hdt. 1.211, Th. 3.11, etc.: pf. κεχείρωμαι Luc. Salt. 79, D.C. 50.24 (Pass., v. III):—both of countries or nations, and of single persons, conquer, overpower, subdue, ὡς ἐχειρώσαντο τοὺς ἐναντίους Hdt. l.c., cf. 2.70, al., E. IT 330, 359, HF 570; τόξοις χειροῦσθαι A. Ch. 694; οὐ γὰρ ἡμᾶς . . πρὸς βίαν χειρώσεται S. l.c.; βίᾳ χ. τοὺς ἐναντίους X. Ages. 1.20; χ. τινὰ σφίσι Th. 4.28: sts. with collat. notion of killing, X. Cy

2 tame

without any sense of violence, χ. τινὰ λόγοις Pl. Sph. 219c, cf. X. Mem. 3.7.8; χ. θρέμματα tame them, Pl. Sph. 222a; ἡ ὄρχησις κεχείρωται τοὺς ἀνθρώπους Luc. l.c.; διʼ ἡδονῆς Plu. Coniug. 2.139a; διὰ τῆς κολακείας Ael. VH 14.48, etc.

III to be mastered, conquered, subdued, captive

Pass., to be mastered, conquered, subdued, πρὸς βίαν χειρούμενον Τυφῶνα A. Pr. 355, cf. S. Tr. 279, E. El. 1168: fut. χειρωθήσομαι D. 11.5: aor. ἐχειρώθην Hdt. 3.120, 145, al.; χειρωθεὶς βίᾳ S. OC 903, cf. Tr. 1057; χειρωθῆναι σφίσιν Th. 8.71: pf. κεχείρωμαι Id. 5.96; κεχειρωμένας ἄγεσθαι to be led captive, A. Th. 326 (lyr.); αἰχμαλώτους κεχ. Pl. Lg. 919a.

In the wild

χειρουμένη · cheiroumenē Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 692–695
χειρούμενον · cheiroumenon Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 353–355
κεχειρωμένας · kecheirōmenas Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 321–328
χείρω · cheirō Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..28 (DIORISIS sentence 344)
ἐχειρώσατο · echeirōsato Aristotle, Politics 1271b (DIORISIS sentence 761)
χείρουςʼ · cheirousʼ Aristotle, Politics 1282a (DIORISIS sentence 1148)

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Where it came from

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