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101 πρίστις
A saw-fish, Pristis antiquorum, Epich.59 (v. infr.), AP7.506.10 (Leon.), Polycharm.1, Opp.H.1.370, Ael. NA9.49; coupled with βοῦς (v. ) but distd. from δελφίς, φάλαινα and other animals which have a blow-hole instead of gills in Arist.HA 566b3. ( πρῆστις is read in Epich.l.c., Opp.l.c. (v.l. πρίστις), Ael. l.c., Suid., but πρίστις in Arist., Polycharm., AP ll.cc. and pristis is the Lat. form, Plin.HN9.4,41; the spelling πρῆστις was perh. due to the idea that it was a 'spouter'; there was further a supposed connexion between πρίω and πρήθω; πρίεται· φυσοῦται, Hsch., cf. EM687.39; v. πρίω 11.2 fin.)II ship of war, prob. from its shape, Plb.18.1.1, 16.2.9(pl.).IV ornamental part of a surgical machine, Orib.49.4.42.V a stone-mason's implement, IG12.313.130; gen.pl. πριστίω[ν] dub. sens. in ib.42(1).118.15 (Epid., iii B.C.).Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > πρίστις
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102 προερέω
προερέω, [dialect] Att. [var] contr. [full] προερῶ, serving as [tense] fut. to προεῖπον(q.v.): also [tense] pf. προείρηκα, [voice] Pass. - ημαι: [tense] aor. [voice] Pass. προερρήθην, [var] contr. προὐρρήθην:—A say beforehand, Pl.Plt. 292d, etc.:—[voice] Pass.,ἐκ τῶν προειρημένων Id.Phd. 75b
;κατὰ τὰ π. Id.R. 408c
; τοῖς π. συμφωνεῖν ib. 398c; τὰ προρρηθέντα ib. 619c; be said by way of preface,Isoc.
4.14, cf. 5.29.II order beforehand or publicly,συλλέγεσθαι ἐς Σάρδις Hdt.1.77
,81;π. τῷ στρατῷ ὡς.. ἀκουστέα εἴη Id.3.61
:— [voice] Pass.,προὐρρήθη ὅπως.. Pl.Smp. 198e
;προείρητο αὐτοῖς μὴ ἐπιχειρεῖν Th.2.84
, cf. Antipho6.40; ἔχοντες τὸ προειρημένον the prescribed implement, Hdt.1.126;ἀπικέσθαι ἐς τὴν π. ἡμέρην Id.6.128
;δεῖπνον.. ἐκ πολλοῦ χρόνου π.
ordered beforehand,Id.
7.119; was declared,X.
Ages.1.17.2 ὀνυμαστὶ προερεῖ will call him publicly by name, Berl.Sitzb.1927.167 ([place name] Cyrene).Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > προερέω
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103 σιδήριον
A implement or tool of iron, IG12.313.128 (v B.C.); θερμοῖσι σ. ἐκκαίειν τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς with hot irons, Hdt.7.18; ἐπαΐοντες σιδηρίων feeling iron, not being proof against it, Id.3.29; of a knife, Id.9.37, cf. Lys.1.42;σ. εἰς κρεονομίαν PCair.Zen.720.3
(iii B.C.); σ. λιθουργά, of a stonemason's tools, Th.4.4, cf. Thphr.Lap.41;σιδηρίων μισθός IG22.1656
;λίθους καὶ ξύλα καὶ σ. Pl.Euthd. 300b
;σ. πλατέα Arist. Cael. 313a17
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104 σίδηρος
σίδηρος [pron. full] [ῐ], [dialect] Dor. [full] σίδᾱρος IG42(1).102.61 (Epid., iv B.C.), etc.: ὁ; also ἡ, Nic.Th. 923: neut. [full] σίδηρον, τό, Sch.D Il.4.151, v.l. in Hdt.7.65 and Daimachus 4J. (but prob.A f.l. for σιδήριον in Gal.19.72, cf. Hsch. s.v. Ἀκίς): pl.σίδηρα Aret.SD2.12
, EM26.36, Tz. (v. infr.): — iron,σ. πολιός Il.9.366
, Od.24.168;ἰόεις Il.23.850
; ;αἴθων Il.4.485
, al.;πολύκμητος 6.48
, al., cf. Od.9.393; as an article of traffic,οἰνίζοντο.. Ἀχαιοί, ἄλλοι μὲν χαλκῷ, ἄλλοι δ' αἴθωνι σ. Il.7.473
;πλέων.. μετὰ χαλκόν· ἄγω δ' αἴθωνα σίδηρον Od.1.184
; χαλκός τε χρυσός τε πολύκμητός τε σ., of treasures, Il.11.133, al.; as a prize, 23.261, 850; Σκύθης σ., because brought from the Euxine, A. Th. 818; ὁ πόντιος ξεῖνος.. θηκτὸς σ. ib. 942 (lyr.).2 freq. as a symbol of hardness (cf.σιδήρεος 1.2
), or of stubborn force, Il.20.372, Od.19.494; ὀφθαλμοὶ ὡσεὶ κέρα ἕστασαν ἠὲ ς. ib. 211;οὔ σφι λίθος χρὼς οὐδὲ σ. Il.4.510
;ἐκ σ. κεχάλκευται.. καρδίαν Pi.Fr.123.4
, cf. S. Fr. 658;ἦσθα πέτρος ἢ σ. E.Med. 1279
(lyr.), cf. Pl.Lg. 666c; also of firmness, steadfastness, πέτρης ὅ γ' ἔχων νόον ἠὲ ς. Mosch.4.44, cf. Ach.Tat.5.22.II anything made of iron, iron tool or implement, for husbandry, Il.4.485, cf. 23.834: also of weapons, arrow-head, 4.123; sword or knife, 18.34, 23.30;αὐτὸς γὰρ ἐφέλκεται ἄνδρα σ. Od. 16.294
, cf. E.Or. 966 (lyr.); axe-head, Od.19.587: generally, arms,οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι σ. κατέθεντο Th.1.6
; (Galatia, i B.C.): also, knife, sickle, Hes.Op. 387: pl., fishing-hooks, Theoc.21.49; irons, fetters, Aret.SD2.12, Tz.H.13.302; cf. σιδήριον.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > σίδηρος
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105 σκεῦος
A vessel or implement of any kind, in sg., Ar.Th. 402, Th.4.128; in dual,σκεύη δύο χρησίμω Ar.Eq. 983
, cf. Pl.R. 596b; and in pl., κλῖναι καὶ.. τἆλλα σκεύη ib. 373a, al.:—but the pl. is freq. used in a collective sense, all that belongs to a complete outfit, house-gear, utensils, chattels, opp. live-stock and fixtures, Ar. Pax 1318, Lys.19.31, etc.; σ. γεωργικά farming implements, Ar. Pax 552; ἱερὰ ς. sacred vessels and implements, Th.2.13, cf. IG12.313.20; a druggist's stores, Thphr.HP9.17.3; σ. τὰ ἐπιτράπεζα table- furniture, Id.Lap.42; military accoutrements, equipment, τὰ περὶ τὸ σῶμα ς. Th.6.31; τὰ τῶν ἵππων ς. X.Cyr.4.5.55; baggage of an army, and, generally, baggage, luggage, Ar.Ra.12, 15, X.Mem.3.13.6; ὄνοι αὐτοῖς σκεύεσι packs and all, Id.HG5.4.17; tackle, gear of ships, naval stores, etc., IG12.74.14, 22.1611.10, Pl.Criti. 117d, La. 183e, X.Oec.8.11, Arist. Ath.46.1;σ. τριηρικά D.47.19
; τὰ σκέα ([etym.] σκεύη)τοῦ πλοίου PSI4.437.2
(iii B.C.) (so, collectively, in sg., Act.Ap.27.17): various kinds of σκεύη catalogued by Pollux (10).2 inanimate object, thing, opp. ζῷον, σῶμα, Pl.R. 601d, Grg. 506d; opp. ὄργανον, Democr. 159; Protagoras gave the name of σκεύη to neut. nouns,ἄρρενα καὶ θήλεα καὶ σκεύη Arist.Rh. 1407b8
; ὑπηρετικὸν ς. a subordinate person, a mere tool or chattel, Plb.13.5.7;σ. ἀγχίνουν καὶ πολυχρόνιον Id.15.25.1
: in NT, in good sense, σ. ἐκλογῆς a chosen instrument, of Paul, Act.Ap.9.15.II τὸ ς. the body, as the vessel of the soul, a metaph. clearly expressed in 2 Ep.Cor.4.7, ἔχομεν δὲ τὸν θησαυρὸν τοῦτον ἐν ὀστρακίνοις σκεύεσιν, cf. 1 Ep.Thess.4.4, 1 Ep.Pet. 3.7.IV sarcophagus, Jahresh.26 Beibl.13 (Ephesus, ii A.D.). -
106 σύνεργον
σύνεργον, τό,A implement, tool, Artem.3.36, POxy.1069.8 (iii A.D.), 1159.20 (iii A.D.).Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > σύνεργον
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107 τέχνασμα
A anything made or done by art, handiwork, κέδρου τεχνάσματα, of a cedar coffin, E.Or. 1053; τ. σιδήρου implement of iron, Opp.C.2.174, cf. Semon. (?) in PLit.Lond. 53v.9, Hdn. 4.15.2.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > τέχνασμα
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108 τεῦχος
I implements of war, armour, arms, freq. in [dialect] Ep.; more precisely, ἀρήϊα τεύχεα, πολεμήϊα τ., Il.14.381, 7.193; χρύσεια, χαλκήρεα, 10.439, 15.544; ποικίλα, αἰόλα παμφανόωντα, μαρμαίροντα, 3.327, 5.295, 18.617; always of a warrior's whole armour, harness,ἀρήϊα τεύχεα δύω 6.340
, cf. 7.193, al.;ἐς τεύχε' ἔδυνον Od.24.498
;κατὰ τεύχε' ἔδυν Il.4.222
, cf. 6.504, al.;Πάτροκλον περὶ τεύχεα ἕσσε 18.451
; ἀπέδυσε, ἐξεδύοντο, 4.532, 3.114, cf. 13.182, al.; also ; : Trag.τεύχη A.Myrm.
in PSI11.1211.17, S.Aj. 572, 577, E.Andr. 617, etc.; un[var] contr. (lyr.).2 pl. also, the gear of a ship, oars and the like ,ἐγκοσμεῖτε τὰ τ. νηΐ μελαίνῃ Od.15.218
;τ. δέ σφ' ἀπένεικαν 16.326
.II in Trag. (rarely in Prose, v. infr.) a vessel of any kind, e.g. bathing-tub, A.Ag. 1128 (lyr., Blomf. κύτει, metri gr.); cinerary urn, τεύχη καὶ σποδός ib. 435 (lyr.), cf. S.El. 1114, 1120, Riv.Fil.57.379 ([place name] Crete); balloting-urn, A. Ag. 815, Eu. 742; vase for libations, Id.Ch.99, E.IT 168 (lyr.); vase or ewer for water, Id.Hec. 609, Andr. 167, Diocl.Fr.129; cup, E. Ion 1184; amphora, A.Fr. 108; scent-pot, ib.180.5 (pl.); matula, S.Fr. 565; pot or jar, X.An.5.4.28; ξύλινα τ. chests, ib.7.5.14; ἀλφίτων τ. a meal- barrel, Id.HG1.7.11; bee-hive, Arist.HA 625a26; capsule of a poppy, Nic.Fr.74.52.III Medic., of the vessels of the body, Hp.Loc.Hom.1,24; also, the human frame, body, as holding the intestines, Id.Epid.6.2.1, Arist.Phgn. 810b19; τεῦχος νεοσσῶν λευκόν an egg, E.Hel. 258.IV case for holding papyrus rolls,ά τεύχους, ά τόμου, κολλήματος ρδ' PRyl.220.78
(ii A.D.); roll of writing-material,πεποίηται διπλῆν τὴν.. ἀναγραφὴν ἐν βυβλίνοις καὶ δερματίνοις τεύχεσιν Inscr.Prien.114.30
, cf. 11 (i B.C); κελεύσας εἰς τάξιν ἀποδοῦναι τὰ τ. Aristeas 179; καθὼς ἀνεγνώσθη τὰ τ. Id.310, cf. Sm.Is.8.1 (where LXX has τόμος); βίβλων.. ἐν τεύχεϊ τῷδε πεντάς AP9.239
(Crin.);τ. βιβλειδίων BGU970.4
(ii A.D.);τ. συγκολλησίμων βιβλειδίων POxy.2131.4
(iii A.D.); τ. = volumen, Gloss.: hence πεντάτευχος, ὀκτάτευχος.V masonry, fabric,ἀνεκτίσθη τὸ τ. τοῦτο Sammelb.7439.7
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109 τρίβολος
a water-chestnut, Trapa natans,τ. ἔνυδρος Thphr.HP4.9.1
, Dsc.4.15.b caltrops, Tribulus terrestris, Ar.Lys. 576; τ. περικαρπιάκανθος, χερσαῖος, Thphr.HP3.1.6, 6.1.3, Dsc. l.c.;ἄκανθαι καὶ τ. LXX Ge.3.18
;βάτοι καὶ τ. Ph.1.680
, cf. IG14.1934f1 ([place name] Rome):—Alc.47 calls sour wine ὀξύτερος τριβόλων.c τ. φυλλάκανθος, thorny trefoil, Fagonia cretica, Thphr.HP6.5.3.d τ. παραθαλάσσιος, prickly samphire, Echinophora spinosa, Hp.Nat.Mul.32.II τρίβολοι, οἱ, a threshing-machine, a board with sharp stones fixed in the bottom, Ph.Bel.85.36, al., LXX 2 Ki.12.31, Longus 3.30; τ. ξύλινος (in the section περὶ κάρρων) Edict.Diocl.15.41;τριβόλους ἀχυρότριβας AP6.104
(Phil.).III caltrop, i. e. a four-spiked implement thrown on the ground to lame the enemy's horses, Ph.Bel.100.7, Plu.2.200a, Polyaen.1.39.2, 4.3.17, Hdn.4.15.2, Procop.Goth.3.24.b τ. πηχῶν έ a larger contrivance for stopping boulders, etc., thrown down a slope, Ath.Mech. 38.2.c οἱ κατακρημνώμενοι τ. an instrument hung from the walls of a fortress as a defence against battering-rams, Ph.Bel.100.15.d a kind of missile,τριβόλων σιδηρῶν σφενδονῆται D.H.20.1
; οἱ τ. οἱ καιόμενοι a kind of incendiary missile, Ph.Bel.100.20, cf. 94.9.IV part of the bit of a bridle, PCair.Zen. 782 (a).9 (iii B. C.), Poll.1.148, Hsch.V dub. sens. in naval dockyard records,σίδηρος ἐκ τοῦ τ. IG22.1629.1154
, 1631.338.VI as Adj., three-tiered,πυρὰ πυργοειδὴς τ. D.C.74.5
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110 χείρ
χείρ, ἡ, χειρός, χειρί, χεῖρα, dual χεῖρε, χεροῖν, pl. χεῖρες, χερῶν, χεῖρας, penult. being regularly short, when the ult. is long; dat. pl. regularly χερσί ( χειρσί occurs in cod.Vat. of LXX, as Jd.7.19, 1 Ch.5.10, and late Inscrr. as CIG2811A b.10 ([place name] Aphrodisias), 2942c ([place name] Tralles): but Poets used the penult. long or short in all cases, as the verse required, χερός, χερί, χέρα, χέρε, χέρες, χέρας (of which Hom. uses onlyχερί; χέρα h.Pan.40
); gen. dual (lyr.), 1394 (lyr.), IG22.1498.76; gen. pl. χειρῶν ib.31, common in Prose.—Poet. forms, dat. pl. χείρεσι ([etym.] ν ) once in Hom., Il.20.468, also Q.S.2.401, 5.469 (v.l.);χείρεσσι Il.12.382
, Pi.O.10(11).62, S.Ant. 976 (lyr.), 1297 (lyr.), and once in trim., E.Alc. 756; χέρεσσι ([etym.] ν) Hes.Th. 519, 747, B.17.49; ([place name] Galatia):—[dialect] Dor. nom. [full] χέρς Timocr.9; [full] χήρ Sophr. in PSI11.1214a3 (also, = δίψακος, Ps.-Dsc.3.11); gen.χηρός Alcm.32
, IG42(1).121.22 (Epid., iv B. C.); acc. pl. χῆρας ib.96, [dialect] Aeol.χέρρας Alc.Supp.4.21
, Theoc.28.9.—On the accent and declension of these forms, v. Hdn.Gr.2.277, 748:— the hand, whether closed,παχεῖα Il.3.376
;βαρεῖα 11.235
, al.; or open, flat, χερσὶ καταπρηνέσσι, χειρὶ καταπρηνεῖ, 15.114, Od.13.164, al.;εἰς τὴν χ. ἐγχεάμενοί τι X.Cyr.1.3.9
: freq. in pl. where a single hand is meant, Il.23.384, etc.; reversely, sg. where more than one hand is spoken of, e.g. Od.3.37, etc.; dual joined with pl.,ἄμφω χεῖρας 8.135
;χεῖρε ἀμφοτέρας Il.21.115
.2 hand and arm, arm (cf. Ruf.Onom.11,82, Gal.2.347),πῆχυν χειρὸς δεξιτερῆς Il.21.166
; ;χεῖρες ἀπ' ὤμων ἀΐσσοντο Hes.Th. 150
;χ. εἰς ὤμους γυμναί Longus 1.4
; ἐν χερσὶ γυναικῶν πεσέειν into the arms, Il.6.81, etc.: hence, words are added to denote the hand as distinct from the arm,ἄκρην οὔτασε χεῖρα 5.336
;περὶ ἄκραις ταῖς χ. χειρῖδας ἔχουσι X.Cyr.8.8.17
, cf. Pl. Prt. 352a.3 of the hand or paw of animals,ὅσα [ζῷα] χεῖρας ἔχει X.Mem.1.4.14
; πορεύεσθαι ἐπὶ χειρῶν go on all fours. LXX Le.11.27; so of monkeys, Arist.HA 502b3; of the fore-paws of the hyena, Id.Fr. 369; of the bear, Plu.2.919a.II Special usages:1 to denote position, ποτέρας τῆς χερός; on which hand? E.Cyc. 681;ἐπὶ δεξιὰ χειρός Pi.P.6.19
;ἐπ' ἀριστερὰ χειρός Od.5.277
;χειρὸς εἰς τὰ δεξιά S.Fr. 598
;λαιᾶς χειρός A.Pr. 714
(but χείρ is often omitted with δεξιά, ἀριστερά, as we say the right, the left).2 freq. in dat. of all numbers with Verbs which imply the use of hands, λάβε χειρί, χερσὶν ἑλέσθαι, Il.5.302, 10.501;χερσὶν ἀσπάζεσθαι Od.3.35
;προκαλίζεσθαι 18.20
; χειρί, χεροῖν ψαῦσαι, S.OT 1510, 1466: sts. this dat. is added pleon. by way of emphasis,ὄνυξι συλλαβὼν χερί Id.Aj. 310
.3 gen., by the hand,χειρὸς ἔχειν τινά Il.4.154
;χειρὸς ἑλών 1.323
, etc.; γέροντα δὲ χειρὸς ἀνίστη he raised him by the hand, 24.515, cf. Od.14.319;χερὶ χειρὸς ἑλών Pi.P.9.122
;τινὰ χειρός ἑλκειν Id.N.11.32
;ἀνέλκειν τινὰ τῆς χ. Ar.V. 569
(anap.).4 the acc. is used when one takes the hand of a person,χεῖρα γέροντος ἑλών Il. 24.361
;χεῖρ' ἕλε δεξιτερήν Od.1.121
; χεῖράς τ' ἀλλήλων λαβέτην, in pledge of good faith, Il.6.233; soἔμβαλλε χ. δεξιὰν πρώτιστά μοι S.Tr. 1181
; alsoἔμβαλλε χειρὸς πίστιν Id.Ph. 813
, cf. OC 1632.5 other uses of the acc.:a in prayer or entreaty, χεῖρας ἀνασχεῖν [θεοῖς] Il.3.275, etc.;ποτὶ γούνασι χεῖρας βάλλειν Od.6.310
;ἀμφὶ.. Ἀρήτης βάλε γούνασι χεῖρας Ὀδυσσεύς 7.142
; ;ἀμφί τινι χεῖρε β. 21.223
;περίβαλε δὲ χέρας Ar.Th. 914
, cf. A.Ag. 1559 (anap.);χεῖρας προΐσχεσθαι Th.3.58
, 66; so alsoχεῖρας ἀείρων Od.11.423
, cf. Il.7.130 (tm.); χ. ἀνατείνειν (v.ἀνατείνω 1.1
).b τὰς χεῖρας αἴρειν to hold up hands in token of assent or choice, of persons voting, Ar.Ec. 264;τὴν χ. αἴρειν And.3.41
;ὅτῳ δοκεῖ ταῦτα, ἀράτω τὴν χ. X.An.5.6.33
, cf. 7.3.6; ἀνατεινάτω τὴν χ. ib.3.2.9, 33;χεῖρας ὀρεγνύς Il.22.37
;χεῖρ' ὀρέγων εἰς οὐρανόν 15.371
;χεῖρας ὀ. τινί Od.12.257
;πρός τινα Pi. P.4.240
;ποτὶ στόμα χεῖρ' ὀρέγεσθαι Il.24.506
(but χεῖρά τισι ὀ. to reach them one's hand in help, X.HG5.2.17); alsoχεῖρε ἑτάροισι πετάσσας Il.4.523
, etc.;πιτνὰς εἰς ἐμὲ χεῖρας Od.11.392
(but χεῖρε πετάσσας abs., of one swimming, etc., 5.374, al.).I as a protector, Il.9.420, etc.: less freq. τισι, 4.249, cf. 5.433;χεῖρά θ' ὕπερθεν ἔχεις IG14.1003.10
([place name] Rome).d in hostile sense, χεῖρας or χεῖρα ἐπιφέρειν τινί, Il.1.89, 19.261, al.;χεῖρας ἐφιέναι τινί 1.567
, Od.1.254, al.;χεῖρας ἐπιβάλλειν τισί Plb.3.2.8
, etc.;χέρα τινὶ προσενεγκεῖν Pi.P.9.36
; χεῖρας ἐπί τινι ἰάλλειν, v. ἰάλλω 1.1.e χεῖρας ἀπέχειν keep hands off,λοιμοῖο βαρείας χεῖρας ἀφέξει Il.1.97
codd.;κερτομίας δέ τοι.. καὶ χεῖρας ἀφέξω.. μνηστήρων Od.20.263
;ἀθανάτων ἀπέχειν χέρας A.Eu. 350
(lyr.);τὼ χεῖρε ἀπέχεται Pl.Smp. 213d
;παύειν χεῖράς τινος Il.21.294
.f χεῖρας ἐπιτιθέναι τινί, in token of consecration, 1 Ep.Ti.5.22, etc.6 with Preps.:a ἀνὰ χεῖρας ἔχειν τινάς to be intimate with.., Plb.21.6.5;αἱ ἀνὰ χεῖρά τινων ὁμιλίαι S.E.M.1.64
; τὰ ἀνὰ χεῖρα πράγματα the matters in hand, Plu.2.614b, etc. (also οἱ ἀνὰ χ. χρόνοι the current period, PRyl.88.21 (ii A. D.); τὰ ἀνὰ χ. what comes his way, Ps.-Ptol.Centil.18; ἀνὰ χ. τῆς πύλης hard by.., LXX 2 Ki.15.2.b ἀπὸ χειρὸς λογίσασθαι to reckon off-hand, roughly, Ar.V. 656 (anap.), cf. Luc.Hist.Conscr.29: but πότισον τὴν γῆν ἀπὸ χειρός by hand, PCair.Zen.155 (iii B. C.).c διὰ χερῶν ἔχειν, λαβεῖν, literally, to have or take between the hands, A.Supp. 193, S.Ant. 916; διὰ χειρὸς ἔχειν to hold in the hand, ib. 1258 (anap.), Ar.V. 597 (anap.); to have in hand, i. e. under control, Th.2.76;διὰ χειρῶν ἔχειν τὴν πολιτείαν Arist.Pol. 1308a27
; τὰ τῶν ξυμμάχων keep under control, Th.2.13: later, to have a work in hand, be engaged in it, Phld.Acad.Ind.p.69M. ([etym.] χερός), D.H.Isoc.4;τὰ ὅπλα Plu.Cor.2
, etc. (also διὰ χ. by direct payment, opp. διὰ τῆς τραπέζης by banker's order, BGU1156.8 (i B. C.), etc.; cf.διὰ χ. ἔσπευδε τὴν πρᾶσιν Charito 1.12
); of arms,διὰ χειρὸς εἶναι Luc.Anach.35
; διὰ χ. ἔχειν, c. part., to be continually doing, Plu.2.767c;διὰ χειρός τινος ποιεῖν τι LXXJo.17.4
, al., cf. Act.Ap.7.25, al.d ἐς χεῖρας λαβεῖν τι literally, S.El. 1120, etc.; to take a matter in hand, undertake it,πρᾶγμ' ἐς χέρας λαβόντ' E.Hec. 1242
;ἄγεσθαί τι ἐς χεῖρας Hdt.1.126
, 4.79, etc.; δοῦναί τινι ἐς χέρας, εἰς χεῖρα, S.El. 1348, X.Cyr.8.8.22;καταστῆσαι εἰς τὰς χ. τινος Aeschin.2.28
; of persons, ἵκεο χεῖρας ἐς ἁμάς thou hast fallen into our hands, Il.10.448 (in Hom. also simplyὅ τι χεῖρας ἵκοιτο Od.12.331
, cf. 24.172); soεἰς χεῖρας ἐλθεῖν τινι X.Cyr.7.4.10
, cf. 2.4.15: generally, to have to do with any one, converse with him, Id.An.1.2.26 (soἐς χεῖρα γῇ ξυνῆψαν E.Heracl. 429
): most freq. ἐς χεῖρας ἐλθεῖν τισι to come to blows or close quarters with.., A.Th. 680;ἀλλήλοις Th.7.44
: abs.,εἰς χ. ἐλθεῖν Id.4.96
;ἐς χ. ἰέναι Id.2.3
, 4.72, cf. PTeb.765.6 (ii B. C.);συνιέναι X.Cyr.8.8.22
; also ἐς χειρῶν νόμον (fort. νομόν)ἀπικέσθαι Hdt.9.48
; ἐν χειρῶν νόμῳ (fort. νομῷ)ἀπόλλυσθαι Id.8.89
, cf. Aeschin.1.5, SIG167.37 (Mylasa, iv B. C.), Heraclid.Pol.25, Plb.1.34.5, 5.111.6; [full] ἐν χειρὸς νόμῳ Arist.Pol. 1285a10, D.H.6.26;ἐν χειρῶν νομαῖς SIG700.29
(Lete, ii B.C.), v. l. in LXX 3 Ma.1.5; ἐν χεροῖν δίκῃ cj. in E.Ba.738;εἰς χεῖρας συμμεῖξαι τοῖς πολεμίοις X.Cyr.2.1.11
; also εἰς χεῖρας δέχεσθαί τινας to await their charge, Id.An.4.3.31;ἐς χ. ὑπομεῖναί τινας Th. 5.72
.e ἐκ χειρός by hand of man, S.Aj.27: from near at hand, at close range,ἐκ χειρὸς βάλλειν X.An.3.3.15
; ἀμύνασθαι ib.5.4.25;μάχεσθαι Id.HG7.2.14
, cf. D.S.19.6;πληγὰς ἐκ χ. ἀναδέξασθαι Plu.
tim.4;οὐ μὴ σωθῇ ἐκ χ. σιδήρου LXX Jb.20.24
; ἡ ἐκ χ. δίκη lynch law, D.H.4.37;ἡ ἐκ χ. βία Plb.9.4.6
: metaph., ἡ ἐκ χ. θεωρία closerange reading, D.H.Isoc.2; so of time, out of hand, off-hand, forthwith, Plb.5.41.7, al.fδέπας μητρὶ ἐν χειρὶ τίθει Il.1.585
, cf. Od.13.57, 15.120, al. (always so of a cup, hence ἐν χερσὶ τίθει δέπας, though found in most codd., was condemned by the critics in Il.l.c., Od.3.51, 15.130);πρεσβήϊον ἐν χερὶ θήσω Il.8.289
; τόξον, ἔγχος ἔχων ἐν χειρί, 15.443, 17.604;σκῆπτρον δέ οἱ ἔμβαλε χειρί Od.2.37
; butἐν.. χειρὶ σκῆπτρον ἔθηκεν Il.23.568
; of a gift,ἐν χερσὶ τίθει 1.441
, 446; ἐν ταῖς χ. ἔχειν, literally, Pl.R. 432d;τὰ ὅπλ' ἐν ταῖς χ. ἔχων D.9.8
, etc. (metaph.,ἔτι μεμνημένων ὑμῶν καὶ μόνον οὐκ ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν ἕκαστ' ἐχόντων Id.18.226
); but ἐν χερσὶν ἔχειν also, to have in hand, be engaged in,τὸν γάμον Hdt.1.35
;ἑορτήν Plu.Alex.13
;τὴν περὶ Δημοσθένους πραγματείαν D.H.Th.1
;ἐν χειρί τινα δίκην ἔχων Pl.Tht. 172e
; ὁ ἐν χερσὶ πόλεμος the war in hand, D.H.8.87; περιτειχισμὸς ἐν χερσὶν ὤν ib.21;ἡ ἐν χ. ζήτησις S.E.M.11.208
, etc.; freq. of fighting, ἐν χερσί hand to hand,ἐν χ. ἦν ἡ μάχη Th.4.43
;ἐν χ. ἀποκτεῖναι Id.3.66
, cf. 4.57,96, etc.;ἐν χ. γίγνεσθαι τοῖς ἐναντίοις Id.5.72
;ἐν χ. εἶναί τινος X.HG4.6.11
;δίκη ἐν χερσί Hes.Op. 192
;ὁ ψόφος τῶν ὅπλων καὶ τῶν ἵππων ὁ φρυαγμὸς ἐν χερσὶν ἐδόκει εἶναι D.S.19.31
; ἡ ἐν χερσὶν [δυστυχία] Plu.Cleom.22: also in dual,τἀν χεροῖν S.Ant. 1345
(lyr.); ἐν χειρί τινος by the hand of.., LXX Jo.21.2, al.;ἐν χ. ἀγγέλου Act.Ap.7.35
(v.l.).g ἐπὶ χειρὸς ἔχειν on or in one's hand, Thgn.490; ἐπὶ χεῖράς τινων ἐκφέρουσι put into their hands, Plu.2.815b; also ἐπὶ χεῖρά τινος next to, LXXNe.3.4.h κατὰ χειρός, of washing the hands before meals, ὕδωρ κατὰ χειρός (sc. φερέτω τις), Ar.V. 1216, cf.Av. 464 (anap.), Fr. 502 (lyr.), Philox. 1, Ath.9.408e; (without ὕδωρ)κατὰ χ. ἐδόθη Alex.261.2
, cf. Arched. 2.3: prov. of that which is easily come by, Telecl.1.2 (anap.);πάντα μοι κατὰ χ. ἦν τὰ πράγματα
at hand,Pherecr.
146.5; also κατὰ χειρῶν δοῦναι, χέειν, λαβεῖν, Philyll.3, Antiph.287 (v.l.), Men.470 (troch.), cf. Phot.s.v. κατὰ χειρὸς ὕδωρ: κατὰ χεῖρα in deed or act,κατὰ χ. γενναιότατοι D.H.7.6
; opp. συνέσει, Plu.Phil.7; κατὰ χεῖρά σου according to thy will, LXX Si.25.26: but κατὰ χεῖρας [τῆς σοφίας] by her side, ib.14.25.i μετὰ χερσὶν ἔχειν between, i.e. in, the hands, Il.11.4, 15.717; [ἄλεισον] μετὰ χ. ἐνώμα Od.22.10
: μετὰ χεῖρας ἔχειν to have in hand, be engaged in, Hdt.7.16.β, Th.1.138.k λάβε παρὰ χεῖρα take in hand, LXX To. 11.4; but τὸ πὰρ χειρός the work in hand, B.13.10.m πρὸς χειρός τινος by his hand, A.Supp.66 (lyr.), etc.; πρὸς ἐμὴν χεῖρα at the signs given by my hand, S.Ph. 148 (anap.); πρὸς χεῖρα ὑποβορβορύζοντες on pressure, Hp.Epid.4.7.n ὑπὸ χερσὶ ἁλοῦσα under, i.e. by, another's hands, Il.2.374, etc.; ὑπὸ χεῖρα ποιεῖσθαι to bring under one's power, X.Ages.1.22; οἱ ὑπὸ χ. persons in one's power, D.6.34; ὑπὸ τὴν χ. ἐλθεῖν to come into one's hand, Luc.Herm.57, etc.; ὑπὸ χ. in hand, i.e. in stock, Arist.Mete. 369b33; but also, at hand, i.e. at once, Plu.2.548e; τὰ ὑπὸ χ. ib.56b, Dsc.1.35; ὁ ὑπὸ χ. the attendant, Dsc.5.75;παρέργως καὶ ὑπὸ χ.
extempore,Plu.
Arat.3, etc.; also καθύπο χεῖρα κινῶν [τὰς οὐσίας], in Alchemy, Ps.-Democr. p.51 B.III the hand often receives the attributes of the person using it, χ. μεγάλη, of Zeus, Il.15.695 (χ. παγκρατής, of God, Secund.Sent.3; χ. ὑπερμήκης, of the 'long arm' of the king, Hdt.8.140.β') ; θοὴ χ., of one throwing, Il.12.306;ἀφνειά Pi.O.7.1
, cf. S.El. 458; εὐσεβεστέρα, εὐφιλής, A.Ch. 141, Ag.34; κάρβανος ib. 1061; (anap.); , etc.: to denote wealth or poverty,πλειοτέρῃ σὺν χ. Od.11.359
;κενεὰς σὺν χ. ἔχοντες 10.42
, cf. E.Hel. 1280, etc.2 it is represented as acting of itself,χεῖρες μαιμῶσιν Il.13.77
, cf. S.Aj.50;χεὶρ ὁρᾷ τὸ δράσιμον A.Th. 554
;δήμου κρατοῦσα χ. Id.Supp. 604
(dub. l.): prov.,ἁ δὲ χ. τὰν χ. νίζει Epich.273
; or simply,ἁ χ. τὰν χ. AP5.207
(Mel.).3 pl., in theurgy, name for spiritual powers,αἱ δημιουργικαὶ [τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος] δυνάμεις ἃς θεουργῶν παῖδες χεῖρας ἀποκαλοῦσιν Procl. in Cra. p.101
P., cf. eund. in R.2.252K.IV to denote act or deed, opp. mere words, in pl.,ἔπεσιν καὶ χερσὶν ἀρήξειν Il.1.77
; μνῆμ' Ἑλένης χειρῶν of her handiwork, her art, Od.15.126 (so in sg.,δώρημ' ἐκείνῳ τἀνδρὶ τῆς ἐμῆς χ. S.Tr. 603
);χερσὶν ἢ λόγῳ Id.OT 883
(lyr.), cf. OC 1297, etc.; τῇ χειρὶ χρᾶσθαι to use one's hands, i.c. be active, stirring, opp. ἀργὸς ἐπεστάναι, Hdt.3.78, cf. 9.72; τὰς χ. προσφέρειν to apply force, X.Mem.2.6.31: sg.,βούλευμα μὲν τὸ Δῖον, Ἡφαίστου δὲ χείρ A.Pr. 619
; μιᾷ χειρί single-handed, D.21.219;χειρὶ καὶ ποδὶ καὶ πάσῃ δυνάμει Aeschin.3.109
, cf. 2.115;χερσίν τε ποσίν τε Il.20.360
, cf. Pi.O.10(11).62, esp. of using the hands in a fight, cf. supr. 11.6d, e, f; of deeds of violence, πρὶν χειρῶν γεύσασθαι before we try force, Od.20.181; ἀδίκων χ. ἄρχειν to give the first blow, X.Cyr.1.5.13, Antipho 4.2.1, Lys.4.11, etc.;ἀμυνόμενος ἄρχοντα χειρῶν Pl.Lg. 869d
: generally, χεῖρες violent measures, force,ἐπίσχετε θυμὸν ἐνιπῆς καὶ χειρῶν Od.20.267
;ὑπόδικος χερῶν A.Eu. 260
(lyr.);χερσὶ πεποιθώς Il.16.624
, etc.; ἐν χειρῶν νόμῳ v. supr. 11.6d; ὅπως θανάτοιο βαρείας χ. ἀλάλκοι, v.l. for κῆρας, Il.21.548.V a number, band, body of men, esp. of soldiers,χεὶρ μεγάλη Hdt.7.157
; in dat.,οὐ σὺν μεγάλῃ χ. Id.5.72
;πολλῇ χ. 1.174
, Th.3.96, E.Heracl. 337; pleon.,χ. μεγάλῃ πλήθεος Hdt.7.20
; ; οἰκεία χείρ, for χεὶρ οἰκετῶν, E.El. 629;σὺν πλήθει χερῶν S.OT 123
.VI handwriting,τὴν ἑαυτοῦ χεῖρα ἀρνήσασθαι Hyp.Lyc.Fr.5
, cf. IG9(1).189 ([place name] Phocis); τῇ ἐμῇ χ. Παύλου I Ep. Cor.16.21, Ep.Col.4.18: copy, counterpart of a document, SIG712.31 (Crete, ii B.C.); deed, instrument,ἡ χ. ἥδε κυρία ἔστω PRein.28.18
(ii B.C.), cf. PCair.Zen. 477 (iii B.C.), etc.b handiwork of an artist or workman,γλαφυρὰ χ. Theoc.Epigr.8.5
, etc.;αἱ Ἐφεσίου χεῖρες Herod.4.72
, cf. 6.66;σοφαὶ χέρες APl.4.262
;τὰς Φειδίου χ. Lib.Or. 30.22
.VII of any implement resembling a hand:1 a kind of gauntlet, X.Eq.12.5, Poll.1.135 (pl.).2 χ. σιδηρᾶ grappling-iron, Th.4.25, 7.62; also of an anchor, AP6.38 (Phil.).4 in LXX, pillar or cairn, as it were a finger pointing to heaven,χεὶρ Ἀβεσσαλώμ LXX 2 Ki.18.18
; also ἀνέστακεν αὐτῷ χεῖρα, i.e. trophy, ib. 1 Ki.15.12.5 χεῖρες ἐλάτιναι, of oars, Tim.Pers.7.7 instrument of torture, LXX 4 Ma.8.13. -
111 ψέλιον
ψέλιον, later sts. [full] ψέλλιον (v. l. in X.Cyr.1.3.2, never in Hdt.), POsl.46.8 (iii A. D.), Supp.Epigr.7.428 (Dura, iii A. D.), in Inscrr. [full] ψίλιον, [full] ψίλλιον (qq. v.), τό:—A armlet or anklet,ψέλιον περὶ ἑκατέρῃ τῶν κνημέων Hdt.4.168
; mostly in pl. ψέλια, a favourite ornament of the Persians, Id.3.20, 22, 9.80, X.An.1.2.27, Cyr.1.3.2; worn by women in Egypt, BGU1101.8 (i B. C.), POxy.259.11 (i A. D.), etc., and in Greece, Plu.2.142c.2 an iron implement, perh. agricultural, PCair.Zen. 782 (a).42 (iii B. C.);ψελίου καὶ δρεπάνου PPetr.2p.113
(iii B. C.).II οἱ Δωριεῖς ψέλλιον καλοῦσι τὸ ἄκρον· ὅθεν καὶ ἡμεῖς τὴν ἐπ' ἄκρων χειλέων λεγομένην προσῳδίαν ψιλὴν ἐκαλέσαμεν, ὥς φησι Τρύφων Ammon.Diff.p.143V. (ψέλιον is distd. from ψάλιον by Ammon.Diff.p.142 V., Ptol.Asc.p.396H., but is the later form of ψάλιον acc. to Moer.p.420P., Sch.E.Ph. 792 ([etym.] ἔστι δὲ ψέλιον ὁ κρίκος τοῦ χαλινοῦ, ἢ ἁπλῶς ὁ κρίκος ) and this may be the meaning in PCair.Zen. l. c.) -
112 ἁρπάλαγος
A hunting implement, Opp.C.1.153.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἁρπάλαγος
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113 ἄθλημα
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114 ἄλυτρον
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115 ἐγχειρίδιος
II as Subst., [suff] ἐγχειρ-ίδιον, τό, hand-knife, dagger, Hdt.1.12, 214, Th.3.70, etc.;ἐγχειριδίῳ πλήττειν Lys.4.6
, etc.3 manual, handbook, title of works by Epict. and others, cf. Demetr.Lac.Herc.1013.12 F., Philostr. VS2.1.14, Longin.Proll.Heph.p.86 C.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἐγχειρίδιος
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116 ἐντύνω
Aἐντῠνῶ Lyc.734
: [tense] aor. 1ἔντῡνα Il.14.162
, E.Hipp. 1183; imper.ἔντῡνον Il.9.203
:—also [full] ἐντύω [pron. full] [ῠ], Thgn.196; imper.ἔντυε AP10.118
; [tense] impf.ἔντυον Il.5.720
:—[voice] Med., Call.Ap.8: [tense] aor.ἐντῡνάμην Hom.
(v. infr.):—[voice] Pass., A.R.1.235: ([etym.] ἔντεα):—equip, deck out, get ready, ἔντυεν ἵππους was harnessing them, Il.5.720 (so once in Trag.,ἐντύναθ' ἵππους ἄρμασιν E.Hipp. 1183
); ἔντυον εὐνήν were getting it ready, Od.23.289; δέπας δ' ἔντυνον ([tense] aor.1 imper.) ἑκάστῳ prepare the cup, i.e. mix the wine, for each, Il.9.203; λιγυρὴν δ' ἔντυνον ἀοιδήν raise the loud strain, Od.12.183; εὖ ἐντύνασαν ἓ αὐτήν having decked herself well out, Il.14.162;θοίνας ἔντῠον B.Fr.18
; ἐ. ὑπόσχεσιν make it good, implement it, A.R.3.737; ὑποσχεσίην ib. 510:—[voice] Med., ὄφρα τάχιστα ἐντύνεαι (trisyll.) may'st get thee ready, Od.6.33;ἦλθ' ἐντυναμένη 12.18
;μολπήν τε καὶ ἐς χορὸν ἐντύνεσθε Call.Ap.8
, cf. Mosch.2.30: more freq. in Hom. c. acc., prepare for oneself, only in the phrases ἐντύνεσθαι ἄριστον, δαῖτα, δεῖπνον, Il.24.124, Od.3.33, 15.500, al.; ἄρμενον ἐντύνασθαι provide one what is needful, Hes.Op. 632;ἀγλαΐην A.R.4.1191
:—[voice] Pass., to be furnished with, τι Id.1.235.II c. acc., make one ready, urge him on,κρατερή μιν ἀνάγκη ἐντύει Thgn.196
, cf. Pi.O.3.28: also c. inf., urge to do a thing, Id.P.9.66, N.9.36. -
117 ἐπισπλαγχνίδιος
ἐπισπλαγχν-ίδιος, ὁ, apptly. a sacrificial implement, dub. sens. in IG11 (2).153 (Delos, iii B.C.), BCH6.25 (ibid., ii B.C.).Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἐπισπλαγχνίδιος
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118 ὀρύκτης
A digger, Aesop.99.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ὀρύκτης
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119 ὄργανον
A instrument, implement, tool, for making or doing a thing, S.Tr. 905, cf. ἀθηρόβρωτος;λογχοποιῶν ὄργανα E. Ba. 1208
, cf. Ion 1030 ; , cf. Lg. 956a ; ὄ. without any Adj., engine of war, Ctes.Fr.81 ;τὰ ναυτικὰ ὄ.
tackle,Pl.
Plt. 298d ;ὄ. ὅσα περὶ γεωργίαν Id.R. 370d
;ὄνομα ἄρα διδασκαλικόν τί ἐστιν ὄ. Id.Cra. 388b
; ὄργανα χρόνων or χρόνου, of the stars, Id.Ti. 41e, 42d ;ὄ. κυβευτικά Aeschin.1.59
; of a person,ἁπάντων ἀεὶ κακῶν ὄ. S.Aj. 380
(lyr.).2 organ of sense or apprehension,τὰ περὶ τὰς αἰσθήσεις ὄ. Pl.R. 508b
; τὸ ὄ. ᾧ καταμανθάνει ἕκαστος ib. 518c, cf. Tht. 185c, al.;δι' ἀμυδρῶν ὀ. θεᾶσθαί τι Id.Phdr. 250b
, cf. Ti. 45b, Epicur.Nat.11.6,7.b of the body and its different parts, Arist.PA 642a11, 645b14, GA 716a24, Phld.Mus.pp.71,96 K., Gal.10.47 ; the hand is called ὄργανον ὀργάνων or ὄ. πρὸ ὀργάνων, Arist.de An. 432a2, PA 687a21 ; τὰ πορευτικὰ ὄ. the organs of locomotion, Id.GA 732b28; ὄ. πρὸς ἐργασίαν τῆς τροφῆς the digestive organs, ib. 788b24 ; τὸ ὄ. τὸ περὶ τὴν ἀναπνοήν the respiratory organ, Id.PA 664a29 ;τὰ ὄ. τὰ χρήσιμα πρὸς τὴν ὀχείαν Id.HA 500a15
; of plants, Id.de An. 412b1, PA 656a2.3 musical instrument, Simon.31, f.l. in A.Fr.57.1 ; ὁ μὲν δι' ὀργάνων ἐκήλει ἀνθρώπους, of Marsyas, Pl.Smp. 215c ; ἄνευ ὀργάνων ψιλοῖς λόγοις ibid., cf. Plt. 268b ;ὄ. πολύχορδα Id.R. 399c
, al.;μετ' ᾠδῆς καί τινων ὀργάνων Phld.Mus.p.98K.
; of the pipe, Melanipp.2, Telest.1.2.II concrete, work or product,μελίσσης κηρόπλαστον ὄ. S.Fr.398.5
; λαϊνέοισιν Ἀμφίονος ὀ., of the walls of Thebes, E.Ph. 115 (lyr.).III of logic as an instrument of philosophy,ἡ λογικὴ πραγματεία ὀργάνου χώραν ἔχει ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ Alex.Aphr.in Top.74.29
, cf. Phlp.in APr.6.23 ; πᾶσα τεχνικὴ διδασκαλία ὑπὸ τὸ λογικὸν ὄ. ἀνάγεται Sch.D.T.p.161 H.; but τὸ ὄ. as title of Aristotle's collected logical writings lacks authority.V ὄ. χλούνιον, = ἠρύγγιον, Ps.-Dsc.3.21.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ὄργανον
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120 ὄρον
ὄρον, τό, wooden
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implement — [im′plə mənt; ] for v. [, im′pləment΄] n. [ME < LL implementum, a filling up < L implere, to fill up < in , in + plere, to fill: see FULL1] 1. any article or device used or needed in a given activity; tool, instrument, utensil, etc. 2.… … English World dictionary
Implement — Im ple*ment, v. t. 1. To accomplish; to fulfill. [R.] [1913 Webster] Revenge . . . executed and implemented by the hand of Vanbeest Brown. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 2. To provide with an implement or implements; to cause to be fulfilled,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
implement — I verb accomplish, achieve, actualize, bring about, bring off, bring to pass, carry into effect, carry into execution, carry out, carry through, complete, consummate, discharge, do, effect, effectuate, enact, enforce, execute, fulfill, give force … Law dictionary
implement — UK US /ˈɪmplɪment/ verb [T] ► to put a plan into action: to implement a plan/policy/measure »The corporation has implemented a new compensation plan for its sales force. »to implement a change/program/recommendation ► IT to begin to use a new… … Financial and business terms
Implement — Im ple*ment ([i^]m pl[ e]*ment), n. [LL. implementum accomplishment, fr. L. implere, impletum, to fill up, finish, complete; pref. im in + plere to fill. The word was perh. confused with OF. empleier, emploier, to employ, F. employer, whence E.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Implement — Implement(s) may refer to:* Implementation mdash; the process for putting a design, plan or policy into effect. * A class of tools mdash; such as farm implements or writing implements … Wikipedia
implement — [n] agent, tool apparatus, appliance, contraption, contrivance, device, equipment, gadget, instrument, machine, utensil; concept 499 implement [v] start, put into action achieve, actualize, bring about, carry out, complete, effect, enable,… … New thesaurus
implement — as a verb, is a useful word used first in Scotland in the sense ‘to put (a treaty, agreement, etc.) into effect’, a meaning it still has in general usage. In the 20c its use has been greatly extended to cover any kind of idea, policy, proposal,… … Modern English usage
implement — ► NOUN ▪ a tool, utensil, or other piece of equipment, used for a particular purpose. ► VERB ▪ put into effect. DERIVATIVES implementation noun implementer noun. ORIGIN from Latin implere fill up , later employ … English terms dictionary
implement — I UK [ˈɪmplɪˌment] / US [ˈɪmpləˌment] verb [transitive] Word forms implement : present tense I/you/we/they implement he/she/it implements present participle implementing past tense implemented past participle implemented ** to make something such … English dictionary