ἔγχος + ἴδιος
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λείριον (Γ 152): τὸ ἄνθος. παρὰ τὸ λεῖον, ὃ σημαίνει τὸ ὁμαλόν, λείϊον καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ρ λείριον, ὡς ἔγχος ἔγχει ἐγχειΐδιον καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ρ ἐγχειρίδιον.
Translation (En)
Leirion "lily", the flower, from leion, which means "smooth", *leiion and by addition of /r/, leirion, as enkhos "spear", <dative> enkhei, *enkheiidion "belonging specifically to the spear" and by addition of /r/ enkheiridion "hand sword"
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Etym. Gudianum, lambda, p. 364 (Λείριον, τὸ ἄνθος, παρὰ τὸ λεῖον, ὃ σημαίνει τὸ ὁμαλὸν λείϊον καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ρ, λείριον· ὡς ἔγχος ἔγχεος, ἔγχεϊ, ἐγχειΐδιον, καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ρ ἐγχειρίδιον· ἐξ οὗ καὶ ποδαλείριος, ὁ ποδῶν ἰατρός); ibid., epsilon, p. 397 (Ἐγχειρίδιον· παρὰ τὸ χείρ χειρός χειρίδιον καὶ ἐγχειρίδιον. σημαίνει δὲ βʹ· τὸ μικρὸν βιβλίον, καὶ γίνεται ὡς προείπομεν· σημαίνει δὲ καὶ τὸ μικρὸν ξίφος, καὶ γίνεται παρὰ τὸ ἔγχος ἔγχεος ἐγχείδιον καὶ ἐγχειρίδιον, οἱονεὶ τὸ τοῦ ἔγχους ἴδιον); Etym. Gudianum Additamenta, epsilon, p. 397 (<Ἐγχειρίδιον>· σημαίνει καὶ βιβλίον μικρὸν καὶ ξίφος· παρὰ γὰρ τὴν χειρί δοτικήν, ἢ παρὰ τὴν ἔγχει καὶ τὸ ἴδιον, οἱονεὶ τὸ ἴδιον τοῦ ἔγχους, κατὰ πλεονασμὸν τοῦ ρ); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 562 (Λείριον: Τὸ ἄνθος· παρὰ τὸ λεῖον λείριον, πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ρ, ὡς ἔγχος ἔγχει ἐγχείδιον· καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ρ, ἐγχειρίδιον); ibid., p. 313 (Ἐγχειρίδιον: Βιβλίον, ἢ ἕτερόν τι, ἢ ξίφος, ἢ ὄργανον τμητικόν. Παρὰ τὴν ἐν χειρὶ δοτικὴν ἐγχειρίδιον. Ἢ παρὰ τὴν ἔγχει δοτικὴν καὶ τὸ ἴδιον, ἐγχειρίδιον, καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ρ, ἐγχειρίδιον, τὸ ἴδιον τοῦ ἔγχους); Etym. Symeonis, epsilon 53 (Ἐγχειρίδιον· βιβλίον, ἢ ξίφος καὶ ὄργανον τμητικόν· παρὰ τὴν ἐν χειρὶ δοτικήν, ἐγχειρίδιον· ἢ παρὰ τὴν ἔγχει δοτικὴν καὶ τὸ ἴδιον ἐγχειΐδιον καὶ ἐγχειρίδιον)
Comment
Compositional etymology. The first member is assumed to be the dative ἔγχει, of ἔγχος "spear". The second member is assumed to be the adjective ἴδιος "one's own" (not explicit in the Eoimerisms; wording, but explicit in the Et. Magnum). At the boundary between the two members an /r/ is added to provide the form of the lemma. This etymology corresponds to the meaning "hand sword" and cannot be correct for the meaning "small book, manual", to which a different etymology was assigned (complementary etymology)