I.to bring into hand, to manage, master, subdue, Ar.
II.mostly in Mid., to conquer, overpower, subdue, Hdt., Trag., etc.: to take prisoner, Eur.; so, τήνδ᾽ ἐχειρούμην ἄγραν became master of this booty, Soph.
2.without any sense of violence, to master, subdue, Xen., etc.
III.χειροῦμαι is also Pass. to be subdued, Trag.; fut. χειρωθήσομαι Dem.; aor1 ἐχειρώθην Hdt., Soph.; perf. κεχείρωμαι Aesch., Thuc.