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1 χειροήθης
χειρο-ήθης, ες,A accustomed to the hand, manageable, commonly of animals, tame,κροκόδειλος Hdt.2.69
; θεός τις χ., as Cambyses sneeringly calls Apis, Id.3.28;χ.πῶλος X.Eq.2.3
;λέων D.S.1.48
, etc.: c. dat., used to,ἐγχέλεις ἀνθρώποις χ. Plu.2.976a
; [θηρία] χ. γιγνόμενα τοῖς πόνοις, i.e. by training, ib.2f.2 of persons, civilized, Str.11.2.4; amenable, c. dat., μοι χ. ἦν καὶ ἐτιθας (ς) εύετο (fort. ἐτετιθάσευτο ) had become submissive to me, of a person, X. Oec.7.10; ;τῷ δήμῳ Plu.Per.15
;τοῖς [ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ λεγομένοις] παρέχουσιν ἑαυτοὺς χ. Id.2.14e
; χ. ὕβρει used to it, Luc.Merc.Cond.35: [comp] Comp.,ἡδονῇ -έστερος Jul.Caes. 318a
.3 of things, manageable, tolerable,τῇ διανοία χ. διὰ τῆς ὄψεως Plu.Mar.16
;τὰ ὅπλα τοῖς σώμασιν ἐγίνετο χ. Id.Phil.9
, cf. 2.47b;αὑτῷ χ. καταστησάτω τὸ παθηματικὸν τῆς ψυχῆς μόριον Jul. Or.6.199c
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2 ἀταλός
A tender, delicate, of youthful persons, as of maidens, Od.11.39; of fillies, Il.20.222; ἀταλὰ φρονέοντες of young, gay spirit, 18.567, cf. Hes.Th. 989, h.Cer.24; (lyr.) (unless it = suckling her lamb); ἀ. χερσί, of the aged, tremulous, A.Pers. 537 (anap.): c. dat., ἀταλὸς πατρί, i.e. subject, amenable to him, Pi.N.7.91. Adv. - λῶς Sch.Il.5.271: [comp] Sup.-ώτατα, παίζει IG1.492a
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