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|Definition=(χείρων) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[worst]], [[master]], [[subdue]], τινὰπρὸς βίαν χειροῦν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span> 443</span> (troch.); χ. τὸν ἐλέφαντα <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>17.32</span> (s. v.l.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> mostly in Med., fut. -ώσομαι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>92</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.122</span>, etc.: aor. ἐχειρωσάμην <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.211</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.3.11</span>, etc.: pf. κεχείρωμαι <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Salt.</span>79</span>, <span class="bibl">D.C.50.24</span> (Pass., v. III):—both of countries or nations, and of single persons, [[conquer]], [[overpower]], [[subdue]], ὡς ἐχειρώσαντο τοὺς ἐναντίους Hdt. l.c., cf. <span class="bibl">2.70</span>, al., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>330</span>,<span class="bibl">359</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HF</span>570</span>; τόξοις χειροῦσθαι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span> 694</span>; <b class="b3">οὐ γὰρ ἡμᾶς . . πρὸς βίαν χειρώσεται</b> S.l.c.; βίᾳ χ. τοὺς ἐναντίους <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ages.</span>1.20</span>; χ. τινὰ σφίσι <span class="bibl">Th.4.28</span>: sometimes with collat. notion of [[killing]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.5.30</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.10.25</span>; also, of [[taking prisoner]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span> 861</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.4.26</span>; <b class="b3">τήνδ' ἐχειρούμην ἄγραν</b> [[became master of]] this booty, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>950</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> without any sense of violence, χ. τινὰ λόγοις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>219c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.7.8</span>; <b class="b3">χ. θρέμματα</b> [[tame]] them, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Sph.</span>222a</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ὄρχησις κεχείρωται τοὺς ἀνθρώπους</b> Luc.l.c.; δι' ἡδονῆς Plu.2.139a; διὰ τῆς κολακείας <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span>14.48</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> Pass., to [[be mastered]], [[conquered]], [[subdued]], πρὸς βίαν χειρούμενον Τυφῶνα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>355</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>279</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>1168</span>: fut. χειρωθήσομαι <span class="bibl">D.11.5</span>: aor. ἐχειρώθην <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.120</span>,<span class="bibl">145</span>, al.; χειρωθεὶς βίᾳ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>903</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tr.</span>1057</span>; χειρωθῆναι σφίσιν <span class="bibl">Th.8.71</span>: pf. κεχείρωμαι <span class="bibl">Id.5.96</span>; <b class="b3">κεχειρωμένας ἄγεσθαι</b> to be led [[captive]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>326</span> (lyr.); αἰχμαλώτους κεχ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 919a</span>.</span>