II. as Subst., ἐγχειρ-ίδιον , τό, hand-knife, dagger, Hdt.1.12,214, Th.3.70, etc.; “ἐγχειριδίῳ πλήττειν” Lys.4.6, etc.
2. handle, Thphr.HP4.3.4, Callix.1.
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.