μεταχειρίζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=aor. -εχείρισα <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.142</span>, etc.: but more freq. in Med. μεταχειρ-ίζομαι: Att. fut. -ιοῦμαι <span class="bibl">Lys.24.10</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>410b</span>: aor. -εχειρισάμην <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span> 345</span>, etc., rarely -εχειρίσθην <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>277c</span>: pf. -<b class="b3">κεχείρισμαι</b> (v. infr. <span class="bibl">6</span>):—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">take in hand, handle</b>, σκῆπτρον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>912.7</span> (anap.), cf. Phld. <span class="title">Rh.</span>1.225 S.:—Med., <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.121</span>.ά, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>240e</span>: always c. acc. (the gen. in <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>417a</span> belongs only to <b class="b3">ἅπτεσθαι</b>, and in <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Prm.</span> 130d</span> <b class="b3">ὧν &lt;τι&gt;</b> shd. be read). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">have in hand, administer</b>, [<b class="b3">χρήματα</b>] <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.142</span>:—Med., Πηνελόπης ἱστὸν μεταχειριζομένης <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span> 84a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Ind.</span>29</span>; τὰς μεγίστας ἀρχὰς μ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>20a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">manage, conduct</b>, <b class="b3">τὰ περὶ τὰς ναῦς, τὸν πόλεμον, τὰ δημόσια</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.13</span>, <span class="bibl">4.18</span>, <span class="bibl">6.16</span>; <b class="b3">πρᾶγμα ὀξέως μ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">12</span>:—Med., μεταχειρίσασθαι πρᾶγμα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span> 345</span>; ῥώμης ἕνεκα σιτία καὶ πόνους <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>410b</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ νοῦς τὸ σῶμα μ</b>. <b class="b2">governs</b> it, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.4.17</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">practise, pursue</b> an art, study, etc., <b class="b3">μεταχειρίζεσθαι μουσικήν, φιλοσοφίαν, παιδείαν</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>268b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>497d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>670e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Men.</span>81a</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Vect.</span>5.4</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> c. acc. pers., <b class="b2">deal with</b>, τὸν ἑαυτῶν φονέα -όμενοι <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.20</span>: usu. with Adv. added, <b class="b2">handle, treat</b>, χαλεπῶς τινας μ. <span class="bibl">Th.7.87</span>:—Med., τινὰς ὠμῶς μεταχειρίζεσθαι <span class="bibl">D.24.171</span> (so ὡς ἀλυπότατα μ. πάθος <span class="bibl">Lys.24.10</span>); <b class="b2">treat</b>, of physicians, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>408d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">dispatch, kill</b>, Hadr.Rh.<span class="bibl">p.45</span> H. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b2">prepare</b> a poultice, Lycusap.<span class="bibl">Orib.9.42.1</span> (Pass.).</span>