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.]

German (Pape)

[Seite 713] in der Hand (gehalten), κλάδοι, Aesch. Suppl. 22. Daher τὸ ἐγχειρίδιον, Handmesser, Dolch, Her. 1, 12; Plat. Gorg. 469 d; Xen. Hell. 2, 3, 23; Thuc. 3, 70 u. sonst; Handgriff, κώπης Ath. V, 204 a; Poll. 1, 90; Handhabe, Theophr. Bei Sp., wie Longin. u. Philostr., = Handbuch.