ἐγχειρίδιος

English (LSJ)

ον, (χείρ)

   A in the hand, ἱκετῶν κλάδοι A.Supp.21 (anap.).    II as Subst., ἐγχειρ-ίδιον, τό, hand-knife, dagger, Hdt.1.12,214, Th.3.70, etc.; ἐγχειριδίῳ πλήττειν Lys.4.6, etc.    2 handle, Thphr.HP4.3.4, Callix.1.    3 manual, handbook, title of works by Epict. and others, cf. Demetr.Lac.Herc.1013.12 F., Philostr. VS2.1.14, Longin.Proll.Heph.p.86 C.    4 tool, implement, LXX Ex.20.25. [-ῐδιον Hermipp.46.]