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χειρονόμος

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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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Full diacritics: χειρονόμος Medium diacritics: χειρονόμος Low diacritics: χειρονόμος Capitals: ΧΕΙΡΟΝΟΜΟΣ
Transliteration A: cheironómos Transliteration B: cheironomos Transliteration C: cheironomos Beta Code: xeiro/nomos

English (LSJ)

(parox.), ὁ,

   A one who moves the hands in pantomimic gestures, posture-master, Hsch.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1346] die Hände nach gewissen Regeln bewegend, bes. beim Tanzen, un Etwas dadurch auszudrücken, gesticulirend, ὁ χειρ., der mimisch darstellende Künstler, Pantomimus der Römer, Sp.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

χειρονόμος: ὁ, ὁ κινῶν τὰς χεῖρας παντομιμικῶς, διδάσκαλος τῆς χειρονομίας, «χειρονόμος· ὀρχηστὴς» Ἡσύχ.