Ὑποχειρίους

subordinate, subordinates

Translated by Ioannis Doukas10 Aug 2010Vetting: high3 revisions

1 note · 15 words

[Meaning] prisoners, slaves. "[...] to make the sons of the noblest ones subordinate to him."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὑποχειρίους· αἰχμαλώτους, δούλους. ὑποχειρίους αὐτῷ ποιῆσαι τοὺς παῖδας τῶν εὐγενεστάτων.

Betacode

*(upoxeiri/ous: ai)xmalw/tous, dou/lous. u(poxeiri/ous au)tw=| poih=sai tou\s pai=das tw=n eu)genesta/twn.

Notes (1)

For the headword adjective, which literally means under the hand, cf. already upsilon 639. Here it is in the masculine accusative plural, evidently extracted from the quotation given.
1An approximation of Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 13.1.2. See on this Theodoridis' Photius edition, vol.II pp.LXXIX-LXXX. ↩

Linked from1 entry

υ639Ὑποχείριονto hand[Meaning] that which is under one's hand. "[...] some with fists, some with clubs, others with whatever else fell to hand for them, smiting him."

Neighbouring entries

υ638Ὑπὸ χεῖραat hand υ639Ὑποχείριονto hand υ640Ὑποχειρίουςsubordinate, subordinates υ641Ὑποχόνδριαabdomen, entrails υ642ὙποχωρῶI give way (to), I yield (to)

Revision history3 revisions · last 1 Dec 2013

1 Dec 2013Revised — David Whitehead
10 Oct 2011expanded n.1 — David Whitehead
10 Aug 2010tweaked headword and tr; augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
10 Aug 2010Translated — Ioannis Doukas