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χειρόω

cheiroo

worst, master, subdue

Appears 15 times across Plato's dialogues.

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