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πολύχειρ

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Δεῖ τοὺς μὲν εἶναι δυστυχεῖς, τοὺς δ' εὐτυχεῖς → Aliis necesse est bene sit, aliis sit male → Die einen trifft das Unglück, andere das Glück

Menander, Monostichoi, 125
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Full diacritics: πολῠχειρ Medium diacritics: πολύχειρ Low diacritics: πολύχειρ Capitals: ΠΟΛΥΧΕΙΡ
Transliteration A: polýcheir Transliteration B: polycheir Transliteration C: polycheir Beta Code: polu/xeir

English (LSJ)

χειρος, ὁ, ἡ,

   A with many hands, many-handed, Ἐρινύς S.El.488 (lyr.), Arist. Pol.1281b6.    II with a large band of soldiers, A.Pers.83 (lyr.); π. δύναμις Heraclit.All.25.

German (Pape)

[Seite 676] ὁ, ἡ, vielhändig; Aesch. Pers. 83; καὶ πολύπους Ἐρινύς, Soph. El. 480.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

πολύχειρ: χειρος, ὁ, ἡ, ὁ ἔχων πολλὰς χεῖρας, Σοφ. Ἠλ. 488, Ἀριστ. Πολιτικ. 3. 11, 2. ΙΙ. ὁ ἔχων μέγα σῶμα στρατιωτῶν, Αἰσχύλ. Πέρσ. 83.

French (Bailly abrégé)

χειρος (ὁ, ἡ)
1 aux nombreuses mains;
2 pourvu d’une armée nombreuse.
Étymologie: πολύς, χείρ.