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ἐγχειρίζω

egcheirizo

put into oneʼs hands, entrust

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐγχειρίζω, Att. fut. -ῐῶ X. Oec. 8.10: pf. ἐγκεχείρικα Plu. Phoc. 34:—Α. put into oneʼs hands, entrust, τί τινι or τινά τινι, Hdt. 5.92.γʹ, 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 IG 22.1028.72; 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.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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