ἐν + χειρίς
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
ἐγχειρίδιον
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
enkheiridion
English translation (word)
en + kheiris
Transliteration (Etymon)
en + kheirid
English translation (etymon)
in + sleeve
Century
12 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Comm. Od., vol. 2, p. 321
Ed.
G. Stallbaum, Eustathii archiepiscopi Thessalonicensis commentarii ad Homeri Odysseam, 2 vols. in 1, Leipzig: Weigel, 1:1825; 2:1826 (repr. Hildesheim: Olms, 1970)
Quotation
ὥς περ κνήμη κυνημὶς, οὕτω καὶ χεὶρ χειρίς· ἐξ ἧς καὶ ἐγχειρίδιον οὐ μόνον τὸ ξιφίδιον καὶ τὸ μαχαίριον καὶ τὸ βιβλίδιον ὡς τὸ Ἐπικτήτου ἐγχειρίδιον, ἀλλ’, ὡς ὁ Ἀθήναιος δηλοῖ, καὶ τὸ τῆς θαλασσίας κώπης κράτημα.
Translation (En)
As knēmē "leg", knēmis "protection for the leg", so from kheir "hand", kheiris "sleeve", from which also enkheiridion, not only the small sword and knife and the small book as Epictetus' Enchiridion, but, as Athenaeus shows, also the handle of the oar of a ship
Parallels
There is no parallel
Modern etymology
Compound based on the prepositional phrase ἐν χειρίδι "in the sleeve"
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has εγχειρίδιο, meaning "poignard" and "manual"
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Correct etymology. The ἐγχειρίδιον is something that can be hidden "in the sleeve", therefore, something small