Lexicon for Iliad 1, 3, 6, 21 & 24 (draft) 1 - CW's language page

Lexicon for Iliad 1, 3, 6, 21 & 24 (draft)
labe/thn, in pledge of good faith, Il. • other uses of the acc.: • of suppliants, xei=ras a)nasxei=n qeoi=s, in prayer, Il.; xei=ras
a)mfiba/llein gou/nasi ordei/rh| Od.; also, xei=ras ai)/rein is to hold up hands in voting, Xen., etc.:— xei=ra u(pere/xein
tino/s ortini/ to hold the hand over him as a protector, Il. • in hostile sense, xei=ras orxei=ra e)pife/rein tini/, e)fie/nai tini/
Hom. • abstinere manus ab aliquo, Hom. • cominus, Thuc.:— kata\ xeiro/s, of washing the hands before meals, u(/dwr kata\
xeiro/s orkata\ xeiro\s u(/dwr (sc.fere/tw tis), Ar.:— meta\ xersi e)/xein between i. e. in, the hands, Il.; but, meta\
xei=ras e)/xein to have in hand, be engaged in, Hdt., Thuc.:— pro\ xeirw=n close before one, Soph., Eur.:— pro\s xei=ra at
a sign given by hand, Soph.:— u(po\ xei=ra poiei=sqai to bring under one's power, Xen.; cf.u(poxei/rios. • to denote act
or deed, as opp. to mere words, in pl., e)/pesin kai\ xersi a)rh/cein Il.; xersi/n te posi/n te Il.;xersi h)\ lo/gw| Soph.;mia=|
xeiri/ single- handed, Dem.;xeiri\ kai\ podi\ kai\ pa/sh| duna/mei Aeschin.:—esp. of deeds of violence, pri xeirw=n
geu/sasqai before we try force, Od.;a)di/kwn xeirw=n a)/rxein to give the first blow, Xen. • manus, a body of men, a band,
number, Hdt., Thuc.;pollh=| x. Eur.;oi)kei/a xei/r, forxei oi)ketw=n, Eur. • one's hand, i. e. handwriting, NTest.: also a
handiwork, a work of art, sofai\ xe/res Anth. • of any implement resembling a hand: • a kind of gauntlet or target, Xen. •
x. sidhra= a grappling- iron, grapnel, Thuc.
χειρων xei/rwn, onos, o(, h(, • (irreg. comp. and superl. ofkako/s) • (from Root!xer, v.xerei/wn II) • of persons, worse, meaner,
inferior, Hom., etc.;su\ me e)sqlo/s, e)gw\ de\ se/qen polu\ xei/rwn Il.: in moral sense, worse than others, a knave, Soph.,
Thuc., etc. • worse in quality, inferior, Il.;x. ei)s th a)reth/n Plat.;x. ta\ polemika/ Xen.; c. inf., x. poiei=n Xen. • of things,
inferior, Il., Xen. • worse, more severe, no/sos Eur.;moi=ra Plat. • the neut. is used, • as a Subst., ta\ xerei/ona the worse
advice, ill counsels, Il.: —e)pi\ to\ xei=ron tre/pesqai, kli/nein to fall off, get worse, Xen. • xei=ro/n tini (sc.e)/sti
ore)/stai) it is or will be worse for one, Od., Xen.;ou) xei=ron, in an answer, 'tis well, Ar. • pejus, worse, xei=ron
bouleu/esqai Thuc.;biw=nai, zh=n Plat. • in inferior degree, less, Xen., etc. • pessimus, Plat., etc.: esp.oi( xei/ristoi men of
lowest degree, Xen.
χεραδος xe/ra^dos, eos, to/, • the mud, sand, gravel, and rubbish, silt, brought down by torrents, Il. • (deriv. uncertain)
χερνιβον xe/r-ni^bon, ou, to/, • a vessel for water to wash the hands, a basin, Il. • (from xerni/ptomai)
χερνιπτοµαι xerni/ptomai, • (