ἐγχειρίζω

English (LSJ)

Att. fut. -

   A ῐῶ X.Oec.8.10: pf. ἐγκεχείρικα Plu.Phoc.34:—put into one's hands, entrust, τί τινι or τινά τινι, Hdt.5.92.γ', Th.2.67, etc.; τὰς ἀρχὰς ἐ. τινί Hdt.5.72, cf. Arist.Pol.1305a16, prob. in Thphr.Char.30.15; ἐ. τινί τὴν φυλακήν Arist.Pol.1306a22; ἐ. ἐμαυτὸν τῇ ἀτυχίᾳ Antipho 2.4.1, etc.:—Pass., to be entrusted, τινί to one, Plb.5.44.1; τὴν ἐγχειρισθεῖσαν ἑαυτῷ πίστιν IG22.1028.72; ἡ -ισθεῖσά τινι χρεία PFlor.2.9 (iii A.D.); but ἐγχειρίζεσθαί τι to be entrusted with a thing, Luc. Prom.3, Am.39, Hdn.1.12.3, etc.: c. inf., διοικεῖν τὰ τῆς ἀρχῆς ἐγκεχειρίσμεθα we have been entrusted with the administration of the government, Id.8.7.5:—Med., take in hand, encounter, κινδύνους Th. 5.108, D.C.Fr.29.6, v.l. in S.E.P.1.91.    II treat surgically, Hippiatr. 18.