A.filling the hand, as large as can be held in the hand, “λίθοι” X.An.3.3.17; “κορύνη” Theoc. 25.63; “ἀγκάλισμα” Luc.Am.14; “χ. μέγεθος” handful, Thphr.HP4.2.7; so “χ. δέσμη” Dsc.1.8, etc.; neut., “ἀλφίτων χειροπληθές” Gp.14.17.2. Adv. -θῶς by handfuls, Sch.Luc.Tim.20.
χειρο-πληθής , ές,