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χανδάνω

chandano

take in, hold, contain

Appears 10 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

χανδάνω, Hp. Mul. 1.78, Ep. impf. χάνδανε (ν) Il. 23.742, Q.S. 12.328: fut. χείσομαι Od. 18.17: aor. ἔχᾰδον Il. 4.24, Ep. χάδον 11.462, inf. χαδεῖν Nic. Th. 956, Ep.and Ion. χαδέειν Il. 14.34, Hp. Genit. 9, part. χαδών Nic. Al. 145: pf. with pres. sense, κέχανδα and plpf. κεχάνδει (κεχόνδει v.l. in Il. 24.192, ἐκεχάνδει Hsch.), v. infr.:—A. Ep. Verb (used once or twice in Ion. Prose, and once in Ar., v. infr.), take in, hold, contain, ἓξ δʼ ἄρα μέτρα χάνδανεν (sc. κρητήρ) Il. 23.742; λέβης τέσσαρα μέτρα κεχανδώς ib.268; οὐκ ἐδυνήσατο πάσας αἰγιαλὸς νῆας χαδέειν 14.34; οἶκος κεχανδὼς πολλὰ καὶ ἐσθλά Od. 4.96; ὃς [θάλαμος] γλήνεα πολλὰ κεχάνδει Il. 24.192; οὐδὸς ἀμφοτέρους ὅδε χείσεται Od. 18.17; Ἥρῃ δʼ οὐκ ἔχαδε στῆθος χόλον the breast of Hera could not contain her rage (v.l. Ἥρη δʼ . . , Hera could not contain her anger in her breast), Il. 4.24; κρέας ὥς οἱ χεῖρες ἐχάνδανον as much as his hands could hold, Od. 17.344; ὅσον χανδάνει χείρ Hp. Mul. 1.78; [ῥόπαλόν] οἱ ἐχάνδανε χείρ Theoc. 13.57, cf. Lyc. 317, Arat. 697. 2. in prescriptions, take, Nic. Th. 956, Al. 58,145. II. metaph., to be capable, able, ἤϋσεν ὅσον κεφαλὴ χάδε φωτός Il. 11.462; κεκραξόμεσθά γʼ ὁπόσον ἡ φάρυξ ἂν ἡμῶν χανδάνῃ διʼ ἡμέρας Ar. Ra. 260; κωκύσασα . . ὅσσον ἐχάνδανε μητρὸς ἀνίη AP 7.644 (Bianor); ὅσον χάδον, ὅσσον ἔρεξαν Opp. C. 4.210: c. inf., στόμα χείσεται ἐξονομῆναι τοῦτο prob. for στοναχήσεται in h.Ven. 252. (Cf. Lat. pr(a)e-hendo; root χενδ- in χείσομαι (χενδ-σ-) and κέχονδα (which shd. prob. be restored in Hom.); χα-ν-δ-άνω is formed from ἔχαδον (ἔχṇδον).)
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