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cheir, hê, cheiros, cheiri, cheira, dual cheire, cheroin, pl. cheires, cherôn, cheiras, penult. being regularly short, when the ult. is long; dat. pl. regularly chersi (cheirsi occurs in cod.Vat. of
2. hand and arm, arm (cf.
3. of the hand or paw of animals, hosa [zôia] cheiras echei Xen. Mem. 1.4.14; poreuesthai epi cheirôn go on all fours.
II. Special usages:
1. to denote position, poteras tês cheros; on which hand? Eur. Cycl. 681; epi dexia cheiros Pind. P. 6.19; ep' aristera cheiros Hom. Od. 5.277; cheiros eis ta dexia
2. freq. in dat. of all numbers with Verbs which imply the use of hands, labe cheiri, chersin helesthai, Hom. Il. 5.302, au=Hom. Il. 10.501; chersin aspazesthai Hom. Od. 3.35; prokalizesthai au=Hom. Od. 18.20; cheiri, cheroin psausai, Soph. OT 1510, au=Soph. OT 1466: sts. this dat. is added pleon. by way of emphasis, onuxi sullabôn cheri IDEM=Soph. Aj. 310.
3. gen., by the hand, cheiros echein tina Hom. Il. 4.154; cheiros helôn au=Hom. Il. 1.323, etc.; geronta de cheiros anistê he raised him by the hand, au=Hom. Il. 24.515, cf. Hom. Od. 14.319; cheri cheiros helôn Pind. P. 9.122; tina cheiros helkein IDEM=Pind. N. 11.32; anelkein tina tês ch. Aristoph. Wasps 569 (anap.).
4. the acc. is used when one takes the hand of a person, cheira gerontos helôn Hom. Il. 24.361; cheir' hele dexiterên Hom. Od. 1.121; cheiras t' allêlôn labetên, in pledge of good faith, Hom. Il. 6.233; so emballe ch. dexian prôtista moi Soph. Trach. 1181; also emballe cheiros pistin IDEM=Soph. Phil. 813, cf. ti=Soph. OC 1632.
5. other uses of the acc.:
a. in prayer or entreaty, cheiras anaschein [theois] Hom. Il. 3.275, etc.; poti gounasi cheiras ballein Hom. Od. 6.310; amphi . . Arêtês bale gounasi cheiras Odusseus au=Hom. Od. 7.142; amphi de cheiras deirêi ball' Odusêï au=Hom. Od. 23.207; amphi tini cheire b. au=Hom. Od. 21.223; peribale de cheras Aristoph. Thes. 914, cf. Aesch. Ag. 1559 (anap.); cheiras proïschesthai Thuc. 3.58, au=Thuc. 3.66=lr; so also cheiras aeirôn Hom. Od. 11.423, cf. Hom. Il. 7.130 (tm.); ch. anateinein (
b. tas cheiras airein to hold up hands in token of assent or choice, of persons voting, Aristoph. Eccl. 264; tên ch. airein Andoc. 3.41; hotôi dokei tauta, aratô tên ch. Xen. Anab. 5.6.33, cf. au=Xen. Anab. 7.3.6; anateinatô tên ch. IBID=au=Xen. Anab. 3.2.9, au=Xen. Anab. 3.2.33=lr; cheiras oregnus Hom. Il. 22.37; cheir' oregôn eis ouranon au=Hom. Il. 15.371; cheiras o. tini Hom. Od. 12.257; pros tina Pind. P. 4.240; poti stoma cheir' oregesthai Hom. Il. 24.506 (but cheira tisi o. to reach them one's hand in help, Xen. Hell. 5.2.17); also cheire hetaroisi petassas Hom. Il. 4.523, etc.; pitnas eis eme cheiras Hom. Od. 11.392 (but cheire petassas abs., of one swimming, etc., au=Hom. Od. 5.374, al.).
c. [Iliou] cheira heên huperesche held the hand over
I. as a protector, Hom. Il. 9.420, etc.: less freq. tisi, au=Hom. Il. 4.249, cf. au=Hom. Il. 5.433; cheira th' huperthen echeis
d. in hostile sense, cheiras or cheira epipherein tini, Hom. Il. 1.89, au=Hom. Il. 19.261, al.; cheiras ephienai tini au=Hom. Il. 1.567, Hom. Od. 1.254, al.; cheiras epiballein tisi
e. cheiras apechein keep hands off, loimoio bareias cheiras aphexei Hom. Il. 1.97 codd.; kertomias de toi . . kai cheiras aphexô . . mnêstêrôn Hom. Od. 20.263; athanatôn apechein cheras Aesch. Eum. 350 (lyr.); tô cheire apechetai Plat. Sym. 213d; pauein cheiras tinos Hom. Il. 21.294.
f. cheiras epitithenai tini, in token of consecration,
6. with Preps.:
a. ana cheiras echein tinas to be intimate with . . ,
b. apo cheiros logisasthai to reckon off-hand, roughly, Aristoph. Wasps 656 (anap.), cf.
c. dia cherôn echein, labein, literally, to have or take between the hands, Aesch. Supp. 193, Soph. Ant. 916; dia cheiros echein to hold in the hand, IBID=au=Soph. Ant. 1258 (anap.), Aristoph. Wasps 597 (anap.); to have in hand, i. e. under control, Thuc. 2.76; dia cheirôn echein tên politeian Aristot. Pol. 1308a27; ta tôn xummachôn keep under control, Thuc. 2.13: later, to have a work in hand, be engaged in it,
d. es cheiras labein ti literally, Soph. El. 1120, etc.; to take a matter in hand, undertake it, pragm' es cheras labont' Eur. Hec. 1242; agesthai ti es cheiras Hdt. 1.126, au=Hdt. 4.79, etc.; dounai tini es cheras, eis cheira, Soph. El. 1348, Xen. Cyrop. 8.8.22; katastêsai eis tas ch. tinos Aeschin. 2.28; of persons, hikeo cheiras es hamas thou hast fallen into our hands, Hom. Il. 10.448 (in
e. ek cheiros by hand of man, Soph. Aj. 27: from near at hand, at close range, ek cheiros ballein Xen. Anab. 3.3.15; amunasthai IBID=au=Xen. Anab. 5.4.25; machesthai IDEM=Xen. Hell. 7.2.14, cf.
f. depas mêtri en cheiri tithei Hom. Il. 1.585, cf. Hom. Od. 13.57, au=Hom. Od. 15.120, al. (always so of a cup, hence en chersi tithei depas, though found in most codd., was condemned by the critics in Il.l.c., Hom. Od. 3.51, au=Hom. Od. 15.130); presbêïon en cheri thêsô Hom. Il. 8.289; toxon, enchos echôn en cheiri, au=Hom. Il. 15.443, au=Hom. Il. 17.604; skêptron de hoi embale cheiri Hom. Od. 2.37; but en . . cheiri skêptron ethêken Hom. Il. 23.568; of a gift, en chersi tithei au=Hom. Il. 1.441, au=Hom. Il. 1.446=lr; en tais ch. echein, literally, Plat. Rep. 432d; ta hopl' en tais ch. echôn Dem. 9.8, etc. (metaph., eti memnêmenôn humôn kai monon ouk en tais chersin hekast' echontôn IDEM=Dem. 18.226); but en chersin echein also, to have in hand, be engaged in, ton gamon Hdt. 1.35; heortên
g. epi cheiros echein on or in one's hand,
h. kata cheiros, of washing the hands before meals, hudôr kata cheiros (sc. pheretô tis), Aristoph. Wasps 1216, cf.ti=Aristoph. Birds 464 (anap.), ti=
i. meta chersin echein between, i.e. in, the hands, Hom. Il. 11.4, au=Hom. Il. 15.717; [aleison] meta ch. enôma Hom. Od. 22.10: meta cheiras echein to have in hand, be engaged in, Hdt. 7.16.b, Thuc. 1.138.
k. labe para cheira take in hand,
l. pro cheirôn close before one, Soph. Ant. 1279, Eur. Tro. 1207 (s.v.l.), ti=Eur. Rh. 274; pro cheiros einai cj. in
m. pros cheiros tinos by his hand, Aesch. Supp. 66 (lyr.), etc.; pros emên cheira at the signs given by my hand, Soph. Phil. 148 (anap.); pros cheira hupoborboruzontes on pressure,
n. hupo chersi halousa under, i.e. by, another's hands, Hom. Il. 2.374, etc.; hupo cheira poieisthai to bring under one's power, Xen. Ages. 1.22; hoi hupo ch. persons in one's power, Dem. 6.34; hupo tên ch. elthein to come into one's hand,
III. the hand often receives the attributes of the person using it, ch. megalê, of Zeus, Hom. Il. 15.695 (ch. pankratês, of God,
2. it is represented as acting of itself, cheires maimôsin Hom. Il. 13.77, cf. Soph. Aj. 50; cheir horai to drasimon Aesch. Seven 554; dêmou kratousa ch. IDEM=Aesch. Supp. 604 (dub. l.): prov., ha de ch. tan ch. nizei
3. pl., in theurgy, name for spiritual powers, hai dêmiourgikai [tou Apollônos] dunameis has theourgôn paides cheiras apokalousin
IV. to denote act or deed, opp. mere words, in pl., epesin kai chersin arêxein Hom. Il. 1.77; mnêm' Helenês cheirôn of her handiwork, her art, Hom. Od. 15.126 (so in sg., dôrêm' ekeinôi tandri tês emês ch. Soph. Trach. 603); chersin ê logôi IDEM=Soph. OT 883 (lyr.), cf. ti=Soph. OC 1297, etc.; têi cheiri chrasthai to use one's hands, i.c. be active, stirring, opp. argos epestanai, Hdt. 3.78, cf. au=Hdt. 9.72; tas ch. prospherein to apply force, Xen. Mem. 2.6.31: sg., bouleuma men to Dion, Hêphaistou de cheir Aesch. PB 619; miai cheiri single-handed, Dem. 21.219; cheiri kai podi kai pasêi dunamei Aeschin. 3.109, cf. au=Aeschin. 2.115; chersin te posin te Hom. Il. 20.360, cf. Pind. O. 10(11).62, esp. of using the hands in a fight,
V. a number, band, body of men, esp. of soldiers, cheir megalê Hdt. 7.157; in dat., ou sun megalêi ch. IDEM=Hdt. 5.72; pollêi ch. au=Hdt. 1.174, Thuc. 3.96, Eur. Heraclid. 337; pleon., ch. megalêi plêtheos Hdt. 7.20; dedômatômai d' oud' egô smikrai cheri Aesch. Supp. 958; oikeia cheir, for cheir oiketôn, Eur. El. 629; sun plêthei cherôn Soph. OT 123.
VI. handwriting, tên heautou cheira arnêsasthai
VII. of any implement resembling a hand:
1. a kind of gauntlet, Xen. Horse. 12.5,
2. ch. sidêra grappling-iron, Thuc. 4.25, au=Thuc. 7.62; also of an anchor,
3. axle-tree,
4. in
5. cheires elatinai, of oars,
6. catch of a trigger,
7. instrument of torture,
VIII. handful, korônêi cheira prosdote kritheôn
IX. ointment containing five ingredients,