ἐγχειρεῖν
From LSJ
αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων → always strive for excellence and prevail over others (Iliad 6.208, 11.784)
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also ἐγχειρέω): attempt, try, undertake, set about, take in hand
Lexicon Thucydideum
admovere manum operi, incipere, aggredi, to set hand to work, begin, undertake, 1.84.1, 1.128.2, 4.4.2, 4.47.2, 8.24.6, [multi codd. many manuscripts ἐνεχείρισάν]
adoriri, to attack, 4.121.2.
