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μεταχειρ-ίζω , aor. -εχείρισα Hdt.3.142, etc.: but more freq. in Med. μεταχειρ-ίζομαι : Att. fut. -ιοῦμαι Lys.24.10, Pl.R.410b: aor. -εχειρισάμην Ar.Eq. 345, etc., rarely -εχειρίσθην Pl.Phdr.277c: pf. -κεχείρισμαι (v. infr. 6):—
A.take in hand, handle, “σκῆπτρον” E.Fr.912.7 (anap.), cf. Phld. Rh.1.225 S.:—Med., Hdt.2.121.ά, Pl.Phdr.240e: always c. acc. (the gen. in Id.R.417a belongs only to ἅπτεσθαι, and in Id.Prm. 130d ὧν <τι> shd. be read).
2. have in hand, administer, [χρήματα] Hdt.3.142:—Med., “Πηνελόπης ἱστὸν μεταχειριζομένης” Pl.Phd. 84a, cf. Luc.Ind.29; “τὰς μεγίστας ἀρχὰς μ.” Pl.Ti.20a.
3. manage, conduct, τὰ περὶ τὰς ναῦς, τὸν πόλεμον, τὰ δημόσια, Th.1.13, 4.18, 6.16; πρᾶγμα ὀξέως μ. ib.12:—Med., “μεταχειρίσασθαι πρᾶγμα” Ar.Eq. 345; “ῥώμης ἕνεκα σιτία καὶ πόνους” Pl.R.410b; ὁ νοῦς τὸ σῶμα μ. governs it, X.Mem.1.4.17.
4. practise, pursue an art, study, etc., μεταχειρίζεσθαι μουσικήν, φιλοσοφίαν, παιδείαν, Pl.Plt.268b, R.497d, Lg.670e, cf. Men.81a, X.Vect.5.4, etc.
5. c. acc. pers., deal with, “τὸν ἑαυτῶν φονέα -όμενοι” Antipho 1.20: usu. with Adv. added, handle, treat, “χαλεπῶς τινας μ.” Th.7.87:—Med., “τινὰς ὠμῶς μεταχειρίζεσθαι” D.24.171 (so “ὡς ἀλυπότατα μ. πάθος” Lys.24.10); treat, of physicians, Pl.R.408d.
b. dispatch, kill, Hadr.Rh.p.45 H.
6. prepare a poultice, Lycusap.Orib.9.42.1 (Pass.).
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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