The corpus record

χειρο-πληθής

cheiroplethes

filling the hand, as large as can be held in the hand

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Where it lives

Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant — LSJ

filling the hand, as large as can be held in the hand, handful, by handfuls

filling the hand, as large as can be held in the hand, λίθοι X. An. 3.3.17; κορύνη Theoc. 25.63; ἀγκάλισμα Luc. Am. 14; χ. μέγεθος handful, Thphr. HP 4.2.7; so χ. δέσμη Dsc. 1.8, etc.; neut., ἀλφίτων χειροπληθές Gp. 14.17.2. Adv. -θῶς by handfuls, Sch. Luc. Tim. 20.

In the wild

χειροπληθέσι · cheiroplēthesi Xenophon, Anabasis 3.3.17 (DIORISIS sentence 1318)

Where it came from

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