Ἀκροχειρίζεσθαι
to struggle at arms length
Translated by Jennifer Benedict7 Mar 2000Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to box or wrestle1 against another man without close engagement, or to practice with another wholly with the extremities of the hands.2
Also [sc. attested is the athlete] Akrokhersites, so named because by seizing the fingertips of his opponent he would break them off and not let go before ascertaining that the man had given in. There was also Leontiskos, a Messenian out of Sicily, who competed in a similar way; this man used to wrestle.3
Also [sc. attested is the term]a)kroxeiri/s , [meaning] the top of the hand.4
Also [sc. attested is the athlete] Akrokhersites, so named because by seizing the fingertips of his opponent he would break them off and not let go before ascertaining that the man had given in. There was also Leontiskos, a Messenian out of Sicily, who competed in a similar way; this man used to wrestle.3
Also [sc. attested is the term]