ἐγχειρ-έω,
[[ 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus ] Refs 4th c.AD+] ἰγχηρέω [[ “IG” 5(2).6.12 (Tegea, 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]: (χείρ):— take a thing in hand, undertake, attempt, with dative of things, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 377, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 6.1, etc.: later, with _accusative_ _of things_, ἔργον “PPetr.” 2p.37 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 310c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.3.12, etc.; τὸν ἐγχειρήσαντα συκοφαντεῖν 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 34 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, to make an attempt or beginning, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1026, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.4, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 lay hands on, attack, πόλεσι [[[prev. work] 122: _absolutely_, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.5.16; πρὸς τὰ κατὰ τοὺς πολεμίους 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.22.11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 put hand to a case requiring medical treatment, τινί [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τέχνης” 3; τῇσι νούσοισιν [prev. work] 13. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 try one's hand in argument, εἰς ἑκάτερον [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 21 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]:— passive, to be discussed, [[ [prev. author] 2.687e codices ] Refs]
__II in late Poets, take in hand, with accusative, ἔργον [[ “epigram Gr.” 1038.36.] Refs] —ἐπιχειρέω is more common in _Attic dialect_