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ἀντίχειρ

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Cras amet qui numquam amavit quique amavit cras amet → May he love tomorrow who has never loved before; And may he who has loved, love tomorrow as well.

Pervigilium Veneris
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Full diacritics: ἀντίχειρ Medium diacritics: ἀντίχειρ Low diacritics: αντίχειρ Capitals: ΑΝΤΙΧΕΙΡ
Transliteration A: antícheir Transliteration B: anticheir Transliteration C: anticheir Beta Code: a)nti/xeir

English (LSJ)

(sc. δάκτυλος, which is supplied in Heliod. ap. Orib.48.54.1, S.E.M.1.137, Gp.4.12.13), ὁ,

   A thumb, as being opposite to the fingers, Sor.1.103, Dsc.5.79, Plu.2.761c, etc.    II responsive to the touch, βόμβοι κυμβάλων Diog.Trag.1.4 (Casaubon).    III Subst. (sc. σωλήν, inverse tube of alembic, Zos.Alch.p.225B.

German (Pape)

[Seite 264] ειρος, ὁ, der Daumen, als der den vier andern Fingern entgegenstehende Theil der Hand, Poll. 2, 145. 148, wo auch ἀντιχειρία steht; Macrob.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀντίχειρ: (δηλ. δάκτυλος, ὅπερ ὑπάρχει ἐν Σέξτ. Ἐμπ. π. Μ. 1. 137), ὁ, ὁ μέγας δάκτυλος, ὁ πλησίον τοῦ λιχανοῦ δάκτυλος, ἀπέκοψε τὸν ἀντίχειρα Πλούτ. 2. 761C, Πολυδ. Β΄, 145˙ ὁ μέγας δάκτυλος πρὸς τὸ λοιπὸν τῆς χειρὸς ἀντίθεσιν ἔχει (ὅθεν καὶ ἀντίχειρ) Ἀριστ. Ἱστ. Ζ. 2. 11, 3.

French (Bailly abrégé)

χειρος (ὁ) :
le pouce, litt. le doigt qui fait face au reste de la main.
Étymologie: ἀντί, χείρ.