STEP Liddell–Scott–Jones: χείρ

χείρ, ἡ, χειρός, χειρί, χεῖρα,

dual χεῖρε, χεροῖν, plural χεῖρες, χερῶν, χεῖρας, penultimate being regularly short, when the ultima is long; dative plural regularly χερσί (χειρσί occurs in codex Vat. of [[ LXX, as LXX.Judg.7.19, LXX.1Ch.5.10 ] LXX], and late Inscrr. as [[ “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2811A b.10 (from Aphrodisias), 2942c (from Tralles): but Poets used the penultimate long or short in all cases, as the verse required, χερός, χερί, χέρα, χέρε, χέρες, χέρας (of which 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus uses only χερ; χέρα “hymnus ad Panem” 40); _genitive_ dual χειροῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 206 (Lyric poetry), 1394 (Lyric poetry), “IG” 22.1498.76; _genitive_ _plural_ χειρῶν [prev. work]31, common in Prose.—poetical forms, _dative_ _plural_ χείρεσι (ν) once in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.468, also 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 2.401, 5.469 (variant); χείρεσσι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.382, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).62, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 976 (Lyric poetry), 1297 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+], and once in trimeter, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 756 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χέρεσσι (ν) [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 519, 747, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 17.49; χερέεσσιν “AJA” 36.460 (from Galatia)] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—Doric dialect nominative χέρς [[ 5th c.BC: Timocreon Lyricus 9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χήρ [[ 5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus in “PSI” 11.1214a3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (also, ={δίψακος}, Ps.-[[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.11); _genitive_ χηρός 7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 32, “IG” 42(1).121.22 (Epid., 4th c.BC); _accusative_ _plural_ χῆρας [prev. work]96, _Aeolic dialect_ χέρρας 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 4.21, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 28.9.—On the accent and declension of these forms, see Hdn.Gr. 2.277, 748 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]:— the hand, whether closed, παχεῖα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.376; βαρεῖα 11.235, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]; or open, flat, χερσὶ καταπρηνέσσι, χειρὶ καταπρηνεῖ,[[ 15.114, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.164, +others; εἰς τὴν χ. ἐγχεάμενοί τι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.9 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently in plural where a single hand is meant, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.384, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; reversely, singular where more than one hand is spoken of, e.g. [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.37, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; dual joined with plural, ἄμφω χεῖρας [[ 8.135; χεῖρε ἀμφοτέρας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.115. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]