Hand

subs.

P. and V. χείρ, ἡ.

Left hand: P. and V. ἀριστερά, V. λαιά, ἡ.

Right hand: P. and V. δεξιά, ἡ.

On which hand? V. ποτέρας τῆς χερός; (Eur., Cycl. 681).

On the right hand: P. and V. ἐν δεξιᾷ, Ar. and P. ἐκ δεξιᾶς.

On the left hand: P. and V. ἐξ ἀριστερᾶς; see under {{U}}Left.

On either hand: P. ἑκατέρωθεν.

On the other hand, on the contrary: P. and V. αὖ, Ar. and V. αὖτε.

At the hands of: P. and V. πρός (gen.). ἐκ (gen.).

At second hand: see under {{U}}Second.

At hand, ready, adj.: P. and V. πρόχειρος.

Near: use adv. P. and V. ἐγγύς, πλησίον, πέλας; see {{U}}Near.

Be at hand: P. and V. παρεῖναι; see be present.

Hand to hand, adj.: P. στάδιος; adv.: P. συσταδόν.

The battle was stubborn, and hand to hand throughout: P. ἦν ἡ μάχη καρτερὰ καὶ ἐν χερσὶ πᾶσα (Thuc. 4, 43).

Off-hand, short in speech, adj.: P. βραχύλογος; on the spur of the moment, adv.: P. and V. φαύλως, P. ἐξ ἐπιδρομῆς, ἐξ ὑπογυίου.

Get the upper hand: P. and V. κρατεῖν, νικᾶν, P. πλεονεκτεῖν; see {{U}}Conquer.

Die by one's own hand: V. αὐτόχειρ θνήσκειν.

You dared not do this deed of murder with your own hand: V. δρᾶσαι τόδʼ ἔργον οὐκ ἔτλης αὐτοκτόνως (Æsch., Ag. 1635).

Made by hand, artificial, adj.: P. χειροποίητος.

Lay hands on, v.: P. and V. ἅπτεσθαι (gen. ἐφάπτεσθαι (gen.), λαμβάνεσθαι (gen.), ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι (gen.), ἐπιλαμβάνεσθαι (gen.), V. θιγγάνειν (gen.) (Xen. but rare P.), ψαύειν (gen.) (rare P.).

Don't lay hands on me: Ar. μὴ πρόσαγε τὴν χεῖρά μοι (Lys. 893).

They ought to bear evidence against me with their hands laid on the victims: P. δεῖ αὐτοὺς ... ἁπτομένους τῶν σφαγίων καταμαρτυρεῖν ἐμοῦ (Ant. 130).

Have a hand in, share in, v.: P. and V. μετέχειν (gen.), μεταλαμβάνειν (gen.), κοινοῦσθαι (gen. or acc), συμμετέχειν (gen.), V. συμμετίσχειν (gen.).

Meddle with: P. and V. ἅπτεσθαι (gen.), V. ψαύειν (gen.), θιγγάνειν (gen.), ἐπιψαύειν (gen.); see {{U}}Touch.

Lift hand against: see raise finger against, under {{U}}Finger.

Put in a person's hands, v.: P. ἐγχειρίζειν (τινί, τι).

Take in hand, v.: Ar. and P. μεταχειρίζειν (or mid.), P. and V. ἐγχειρεῖν (dat.), ἐπιχειρεῖν (dat.), ἀναιρεῖσθαι, αἴρεσθαι, ἅπτεσθαι (gen.); see Manage, Undertake.

Having one's hands full, adj.: P. and V. ἄσχολος; see {{U}}Busy.

Because they had so many dead on their hands already: P. διὰ τὸ συχνοὺς ήδη προτεθνάναι σφίσι (Thuc. 2, 52).

They began to get out of hand: P. ἤρξαντο ἀτακτότεροι γενέσθαι (Thuc. 8, 105).

Keep a tight hand on the allies: P. τὰ τῶν συμμάχων διὰ χειρὸς ἔχειν (Thuc. 2, 13).

Rule with a high hand: P. ἄρχειν ἐγκρατῶς (absol.) (Thuc. 1, 76)

Those present carried matters with such a high hand: P. εἰς τοῦτο βιαιότητος ἦλθον οἱ παρόντες (Lys. 167).

Hand in marriage: use V. γάμος, or pl., λέκτρον, or pl., λέχος, or pl.

A suitor for your hand: V. τῶν σῶν γάμων μνηστήρ (Æsch., P.V. 739).

Give your sister's hand to Pylades: V. Πυλάδῃ δʼ ἀδελφῆς λέκτρον δός (Eur., Or. 1658).

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v. trans.

P. and V. παραδιδόναι.

Hold out, offer: P. and V. ὀρέγειν.

Hand down: P. and V. παραδιδόναι.

Hand in (accounts, etc.): P. ἀποφέρειν.

Hand over: P. and V. παραδιδόναι, ἐκδιδόναι, προστιθέναι.

Give up: P. and V. ἀφιέναι.

Hand round: P. and V. περιφέρειν.