ἐπίχειρον, τό,
(χείρ) arm, [[ LXX “Je.” 31 (48). 25. ] Refs]
__II in plural, ἐπίχειρα, τά, properly wages of manual labour: hence, wages, pay,
__II.1 of reward, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 581, “Tragica Adespota” 116, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus “Epigrammata” 18.8; ἀρετῆς ἐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 608c; ironically in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 3.38, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.12.5, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely in singular, [[ [prev. author] 38.3.2. ] Refs]
__II.2 more frequently of punishment, τοιαῦτα τῆς ὑψηγόρου γλώσσης.. τἀπίχειρα γίγνεται [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 321, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.20, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.24.24, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.512, etc.; τῆς προπετείας πικρὰ κομίζονται τἀ. 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.32 W.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξιφέων ἐ. λαχοῦσα the wages of the sword, i.e. slaughter by it, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 820 (Lyric poetry). (Sts. written ἐπιχείρια] Refs 5th c.BC+] in codices, vulgar form in [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “παραγγελίαι” 1.) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]