ἐγχειρ-ίζω,
Attic dialect future - ῐῶ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 8.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἐγκεχείρικα [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Phocion” 34 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—put into one's hands, entrust, τί τινι or τινά τινι, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92.γ᾽, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.67, etc.; τὰς ἀρχὰς ἐ. τινί 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.72, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1305a16, probably in 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 30.15; ἐ. τινί τὴν φυλακήν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1306a22; ἐ. ἐμαυτὸν τῇ ἀτυχίᾳ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.1, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be entrusted, τινί to one, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.44.1; τὴν ἐγχειρισθεῖσαν ἑαυτῷ πίστιν “IG” 22.1028.72; ἡ -ισθεῖσά τινι χρεία “PFlor.” 2.9 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; but ἐγχειρίζεσθαί τι to be entrusted with a thing, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Prom.” 3, “Am.” 39, 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.12.3, etc.: with ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]infinitive, διοικεῖν τὰ τῆς ἀρχῆς ἐγκεχειρίσμεθα we have been entrusted with the administration of the government, [[ [prev. author] 8.7.5 ] Refs]:—middle, take in hand, encounter, κινδύνους [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.108, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus “fragment” 29.6, variant in 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.91. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II treat surgically, [[ Hippiatr. 18. ] Refs]