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χείρ

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See also: χειρ and χειρ-

Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Hellenic *kʰéhər, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰésōr (hand). Cognate with Old Armenian ձեռն (jeṙn), Old Persian 𐎭𐎿𐎫 (d-s-t /⁠dasta⁠/), Albanian dorë (hand), Tocharian A tsar, and Latin hir (hand).[1]

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    χείρ (kheírf (genitive χειρός); third declension

    1. hand
    2. arm (or hand and arm taken together)
      • 1843, Longus quoted in Liddell Scott Jones, Ancient Greek Lexicon:
        (Il.6.81) εν χερσὶ γυναικων πεσέειν (into the arms)
        (Il.6.81) en khersì gunaikōn peséein (into the arms)
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    3. paw of an animal
    4. finger

    Declension

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    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • English: chiro-, chiral, chirality
    • Koine Greek: χέριον (khérion) (diminutive)
    • Greek: χειρ (cheir)

    References

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    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “χείρ, χειρός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1620-1

    Further reading

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    • χείρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • χείρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • χείρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
    • χείρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
    • χείρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
    • χείρ”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
    • G5495 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
    • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 382
    • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
    • χείρ, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011