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ἐγχειρ-ίδιος

egcheiridios

in the hand

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What it meant

ἐγχειρ-ίδιος · encheir-idios — LSJ

in the hand

in the hand, ἱκετῶν κλάδοι A. Supp. 21 (anap.).

II hand-knife, dagger

as Subst., ἐγχειρ-ίδιον, τό, hand-knife, dagger, Hdt. 1.12, 214, Th. 3.70, etc.; ἐγχειριδίῳ πλήττειν Lys. 4.6, etc.

2 handle

handle, Thphr. HP 4.3.4, Callix. 1.

3 manual, handbook

manual, handbook, title of works by Epict. and others, cf. Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1013.12 F., Philostr. VS 2.1.14, Longin. Proll.Heph. p.86 C.

4 tool, implement

tool, implement, LXX Ex. 20.25. [-ῐδιον Hermipp. 46.]

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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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