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P. and V. [[χείρ]], ἡ.
<b class="b2">Left hand</b>: P. and V. ἀριστερά, V. λαιά, ἡ.
<b class="b2">Right hand</b>: P. and V. [[δεξιά]], ἡ.
<b class="b2">On which hand?</b> V. ποτέρας τῆς χερός; (Eur., ''Cycl.'' 681).
<b class="b2">On the right hand</b>: P. and V. ἐν δεξιᾷ, Ar. and P. ἐκ δεξιᾶς.
<b class="b2">On the left hand</b>: P. and V. ἐξ ἀριστερᾶς; see under [[left]].
<b class="b2">On either hand</b>: P. [[ἑκατέρωθεν]].
<b class="b2">On the other hand, on the contrary</b>: P. and V. αὖ, Ar. and V. [[αὖτε]].
<b class="b2">At the hands of</b>: P. and V. [[πρός]] (gen.). ἐκ (gen.).
<b class="b2">At second hand</b>: see under [[second]].
<b class="b2">At hand, ready</b>, adj.: P. and V. [[πρόχειρος]].
<b class="b2">Near</b>: use adv. P. and V. [[ἐγγύς]], πλησίον, [[πέλας]]; see [[near]].
<b class="b2">Be at hand</b>: P. and V. παρεῖναι; see [[be present]].
<b class="b2">Hand to hand</b>, adj.: P. [[στάδιος]]; adv.: P. [[συσταδόν]].
<b class="b2">The battle was stubborn, and hand to hand throughout</b>: P. ἦν ἡ [[μάχη]] καρτερὰ καὶ ἐν χερσὶ πᾶσα (Thuc. 4, 43).
<b class="b2">Off-hand, short in speech</b>, adj.: P. [[βραχύλογος]]; <b class="b2">on the spur of the moment</b>, adv.: P. and V. φαύλως, P. ἐξ ἐπιδρομῆς, ἐξ ὑπογυίου.
<b class="b2">Get the upper hand</b>: P. and V. κρατεῖν, νικᾶν, P. πλεονεκτεῖν; see [[conquer]].
<b class="b2">Die by one's own hand</b>: V. [[αὐτόχειρ]] θνήσκειν.
<b class="b2">You dared not do this deed of murder with your own hand</b>: V. δρᾶσαι τόδʼ [[ἔργον]] οὐκ ἔτλης αὐτοκτόνως (Aesch., ''Ag.'' 1635).
<b class="b2">Made by hand, artificial</b>, adj.: P. [[χειροποίητος]].
<b class="b2">Lay hands on</b>, 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.).
<b class="b2">Don't lay hands on me</b>: Ar. μὴ πρόσαγε τὴν χεῖρά μοι (Lys. 893).
<b class="b2">They ought to bear evidence against me with their hands laid on the victims</b>: P. δεῖ αὐτοὺς . . . ἁπτομένους τῶν σφαγίων καταμαρτυρεῖν ἐμοῦ (''Ant.'' 130).
<b class="b2">Have a hand in, share in</b>, v.: P. and V. μετέχειν (gen.), μεταλαμβάνειν (gen.), κοινοῦσθαι (gen. or <b class="b2">acc</b>), συμμετέχειν (gen.), V. συμμετίσχειν (gen.).
<b class="b2">Meddle with</b>: P. and V. ἅπτεσθαι (gen.), V. ψαύειν (gen.), θιγγάνειν (gen.), ἐπιψαύειν (gen.); see [[touch]].
<b class="b2">Lift hand against</b>: see <b class="b2">raise finger against</b>, under [[finger]].
<b class="b2">Put in a person's hands</b>, v.: P. ἐγχειρίζειν (τινί, τι).
<b class="b2">Take in hand</b>, v.: Ar. and P. μεταχειρίζειν (or mid.), P. and V. ἐγχειρεῖν (dat.), ἐπιχειρεῖν (dat.), ἀναιρεῖσθαι, αἴρεσθαι, ἅπτεσθαι (gen.); see [[manage]], [[undertake]].
<b class="b2">Having one's hands full</b>, adj.: P. and V. [[ἄσχολος]]; see [[busy]].
<b class="b2">Because they had so many dead on their hands already</b>: P. διὰ τὸ συχνοὺς ήδη προτεθνάναι σφίσι (Thuc. 2, 52).
<b class="b2">They began to get out of hand</b>: P. ἤρξαντο ἀτακτότεροι γενέσθαι (Thuc. 8, 105).
<b class="b2">Keep a tight hand on the allies</b>: P. τὰ τῶν συμμάχων διὰ χειρὸς ἔχειν (Thuc. 2, 13).
<b class="b2">Rule with a high hand</b>: P. ἄρχειν ἐγκρατῶς (absol.) (Thuc. 1, 76)
<b class="b2">Those present carried matters with such a high hand</b>: P. εἰς τοῦτο βιαιότητος ἦλθον οἱ παρόντες (Lys. 167).
<b class="b2">Hand in marriage</b>: use V. [[γάμος]], or pl., [[λέκτρον]], or pl., [[λέχος]], or pl.
<b class="b2">A suitor for your hand</b>: V. τῶν σῶν γάμων [[μνηστήρ]] (Aesch., ''P.V.'' 739).
<b class="b2">Give your sister's hand to Pylades</b>: V. Πυλάδῃ δʼ ἀδελφῆς [[λέκτρον]] δός (Eur., ''Or.'' 1658).
'''v. trans.'''
P. and V. παραδιδόναι.
<b class="b2">Hold out, offer</b>: P. and V. ὀρέγειν.
<b class="b2">Hand down</b>: P. and V. παραδιδόναι.
<b class="b2">Hand in</b> (<b class="b2">accounts, etc.</b>): P. [[ἀποφέρω|ἀποφέρειν]].
<b class="b2">Hand over</b>: P. and V. παραδιδόναι, ἐκδιδόναι, προστιθέναι.
<b class="b2">Give up</b>: P. and V. ἀφιέναι.
<b class="b2">Hand round</b>: P. and V. περιφέρειν.
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