hand/arm
→
group of soldiers
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | χείρ | |
| meaning 1 | hand | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | number, band, body of men, esp. of soldiers | “χεὶρ μεγάλη” Hdt.7.157; in dat., “οὐ σὺν μεγάλῃ χ.” Id.5.72; “πολλῇ χ.” 1.174, Th.3.96, E.Heracl. 337; pleon., “χ. μεγάλῃ πλήθεος” Hdt.7.20; “δεδωμάτωμαι δ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἐγὼ σμικρᾷ χερί” A.Supp.958; οἰκεία χείρ, for χεὶρ οἰκετῶν, E.El.629; “σὺν πλήθει χερῶν” S.OT123. |
| reference | LSJ | |
| comment | ||