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[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[χείρ]], ἡ.

[[left hand]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀριστερά]], [[verse|V.]] [[λαιά]], ἡ.

[[right hand]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[δεξιά]], ἡ.

[[on which hand]]? [[verse|V.]] [[ποτέρας τῆς χερός]]; ([[Euripides]], ''[[Cyclops]]'' 681).

[[on the right hand]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐν δεξιᾷ]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἐκ δεξιᾶς]].

[[on the left hand]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐξ ἀριστερᾶς]]; see under [[left]].

[[on either hand]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἑκατέρωθεν]].

[[on the other hand]], [[on the contrary]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[αὖ]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[αὖτε]].

[[at the hands of]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πρός]] (gen.). ἐκ (gen.).

[[at second hand]]: see under [[second]].

[[at hand]], [[ready]], adj.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πρόχειρος]].

[[near]]: use adv. [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐγγύς]], [[πλησίον]], [[πέλας]]; see [[near]].

[[be at hand]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[παρεῖναι]]; see [[be present]].

[[hand to hand]], adj.: [[prose|P.]] [[στάδιος]]; adv.: [[prose|P.]] [[συσταδόν]].

[[the battle was stubborn]], [[and hand to hand throughout]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἦν ἡ μάχη καρτερὰ καὶ ἐν χερσὶ πᾶσα]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 4, 43).

[[offhand]], [[off-hand]], [[short in speech]], adj.: [[prose|P.]] [[βραχύλογος]]; [[on the spur of the moment]], adv.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[φαύλως]], [[prose|P.]] [[ἐξ ἐπιδρομῆς]], [[ἐξ ὑπογυίου]].

[[get the upper hand]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κρατεῖν]], [[νικᾶν]], [[prose|P.]] [[πλεονεκτεῖν]]; see [[conquer]].

[[die by one's own hand]]: [[verse|V.]] [[αὐτόχειρ θνήσκειν]].

[[you dared not do this deed of murder with your own hand]]: [[verse|V.]] [[δρᾶσαι τόδ' ἔργον οὐκ ἔτλης αὐτοκτόνως]] ([[Aeschylus|Aesch.]], ''[[Agamemnon]]'' 1635).

[[made by hand]], [[artificial]], adj.: [[prose|P.]] [[χειροποίητος]].

[[lay hands on]], v.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἅπτεσθαι]] (gen. [[ἐφάπτεσθαι]] (gen.), [[λαμβάνεσθαι]] (gen.), [[ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι]] (gen.), [[ἐπιλαμβάνεσθαι]] (gen.), [[verse|V.]] [[θιγγάνειν]] (gen.) ([[Xenophon|Xen.]] but rare [[prose|P.]]), [[ψαύειν]] (gen.) (rare [[prose|P.]]).

[[don't lay hands on me]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[μὴ πρόσαγε τὴν χεῖρά μοι]] (Lys. 893).

[[they ought to bear evidence against me with their hands laid on the victims]]: [[prose|P.]] [[δεῖ αὐτοὺς… ἁπτομένους τῶν σφαγίων καταμαρτυρεῖν ἐμοῦ]] (''[[Antigone]]'' 130).

[[have a hand in]], [[share in]], v.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μετέχειν]] (gen.), [[μεταλαμβάνειν]] (gen.), [[κοινοῦσθαι]] (gen. or acc.), [[συμμετέχειν]] (gen.), [[verse|V.]] [[συμμετίσχειν]] (gen.).

[[meddle with]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἅπτεσθαι]] (gen.), [[verse|V.]] [[ψαύειν]] (gen.), [[θιγγάνειν]] (gen.), [[ἐπιψαύειν]] (gen.); see [[touch]].

[[lift hand against]]: see [[raise finger against]], under [[finger]].

[[put in a person's hands]], v.: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐγχειρίζειν]] ([[τινί]], τι).

[[take in hand]], v.: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[μεταχειρίζειν]] (or mid.), [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐγχειρεῖν]] (dat.), [[ἐπιχειρεῖν]] (dat.), [[ἀναιρεῖσθαι]], [[αἴρεσθαι]], [[ἅπτεσθαι]] (gen.); see [[manage]], [[undertake]].

[[having one's hands full]], adj.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἄσχολος]]; see [[busy]].

[[because they had so many dead on their hands already]]: [[prose|P.]] [[διὰ τὸ συχνοὺς ήδη προτεθνάναι σφίσι]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 2, 52).

[[they began to get out of hand]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἤρξαντο ἀτακτότεροι γενέσθαι]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 8, 105).

[[keep a tight hand on the allies]]: [[prose|P.]] [[τὰ τῶν συμμάχων διὰ χειρὸς ἔχειν]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 2, 13).

[[rule with a high hand]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἄρχειν ἐγκρατῶς]] (absol.) ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 1, 76)

[[those present carried matters with such a high hand]]: [[prose|P.]] [[εἰς τοῦτο βιαιότητος ἦλθον οἱ παρόντες]] (Lys. 167).

[[hand in marriage]]: use [[verse|V.]] [[γάμος]], or pl., [[λέκτρον]], or pl., [[λέχος]], or pl.

[[a suitor for your hand]]: [[verse|V.]] [[τῶν σῶν γάμων μνηστήρ]] ([[Aeschylus|Aesch.]], ''[[prose|P.]][[verse|V.]]'' 739).

[[give your sister's hand to Pylades]]: [[verse|V.]] [[Πυλάδῃ δ' ἀδελφῆς λέκτρον δός]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Orestes]]'' 1658).

===verb transitive===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[παραδιδόναι]].

[[hold out]], [[offer]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὀρέγειν]].

[[hand down]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[παραδιδόναι]].

[[hand in]] ([[account]]s, etc.): [[prose|P.]] [[ἀποφέρω]], [[ἀποφέρειν]].

[[hand over]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[παραδιδόναι]], [[ἐκδιδόναι]], [[προστιθέναι]].

[[give up]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀφιέναι]].

[[hand round]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[περιφέρειν]].
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