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ὑποχείρ-ιος

upocheirios

«sous la main, soumis » (Hom

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 27 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. ὑπο-χείριος · hypo-cheirios — Chantraine

ὑπο-χείριος «sous la main, soumis » (Hom., Hdt., etc.). Pour ἐκεχειρία etrêve», voir s.u., de même pour ἰοχέαιρα (ἢ). Dérivés : 1. diminutifs : χέριον π. (méd.), χειρ-ίδιον spetite main» (inscr. att.), «gant» (méd.)}, -ύδριον (Mosch.), v. Monteil, Mél. Chaniraine 145 ; χειρ-ἰς, -ἶδος f. «gant, manche » (Hom., Hdt., X., etc.), plus -156opar (Nicostr.), τιἰδωτός (Hdt., etc.) ; 2. adj. χείριος «(qui est) aux mains de » … — [Chantraine, s.v. ὑπο-χείριος, p. 1272]

2. ὑποχείρ-ιος · hypocheir-ios — LSJ

under the hand, in hand

under the hand, in hand, χρυσὸν ὅτις χʼ ὑποχείριος ἔλθῃ Od. 15.448, cf. Anon. ap. Suid., and v. πρόχειρος.

2 under, hand, control, under command, subject, subject, into subjection, into oneʼs power, ‘well in hand’, in the power, in captivity

mostly of persons, under any oneʼs hand or control, under command, subject, τισι Hdt. 6.33, 44; ὑ. εἶναι, γενέσθαι τισί, ib. 119, A. Supp. 392 (lyr.), X. An. 3.2.3, Pl. Lg. 683d; ὑποχειρίους ποιέεσθαί τινας make subject, bring into subjection, Hdt. 1.106; ὑποχειρίας παρέξειν τὰς Ἀθήνας Id. 5.91; ὅταν δʼ ὑποχείριος ἔλθῃ Thgn. 363; λαβεῖν τινα ὑποχείριον to get into oneʼs power, E. Andr. 736, Lys. 4.5, etc.; ὑ. ἔχειν τινάς Th. 3.11, etc.; τὰ ὑ. τέκνα POxy. 1642.5 (iii A. D.); ὑ. τὸν ἵππον ἔχειν ke

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