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χανδάνω

χανδάνω, to take in, hold, comprise, contain

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ἐχάνδανον imperfect active indicative 3rd plural, imperfect active indicative 1st singular of χανδάνω

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χανδάνω, Hp. Mul. 1.78, Ep. impf. χάνδανε (ν) Il. 23.742, Q.S. 12.328: fut. χείσομαι Od. 18.17: aor. ἔχᾰδον Il. 4.24, Ep. χάδον 11.462, inf. χαδεῖν Nic. Th. 956, Ep. and Ion. χαδέειν Il. 14.34, Hp. Genit. 9, part. χαδών Nic. Al. 145: pf. with pres. sense, κέχανδα and plpf. κεχάνδει (κεχόνδει v.l. in Il. 24.192, ἐκεχάνδει Hsch.), v. infr.:—
  • Ep. Verb (used once or twice in Ion. Prose, and once in Ar., v. infr.), take in, hold, contain, ἓξ δʼ ἄρα μέτρα χάνδανεν (sc. κρητήρ) Il. 23.742; λέβης τέσσαρα μέτρα κεχανδώς ib. 268; οὐκ ἐδυνήσατο πάσας αἰγιαλὸς νῆας χαδέειν 14.34; οἶκος κεχανδὼς πολλὰ καὶ ἐσθλά Od. 4.96; ὃς [θάλαμος] γλήνεα πολλὰ κεχάνδει Il. 24.192; οὐδὸς ἀμφοτέρους ὅδε χείσεται Od. 18.17; Ἥρῃ δʼ οὐκ ἔχαδε στῆθος χόλον the breast of Hera could not contain her rage (v.l. Ἥρη δʼ . ., Hera could not contain her anger in her breast), Il. 4.24; κρέας ὥς οἱ χεῖρες ἐχάνδανον as much as his hands could hold, Od. 17.344; ὅσον χανδάνει χείρ Hp. Mul. 1.78; [ῥόπαλόν] οἱ ἐχάνδανε χείρ Theoc. 13.57, cf. Lyc. 317, Arat. 697.
      • 2 in prescriptions, take, Nic. Th. 956, Al. 58, 145.
    • II metaph., to be capable, able, ἤϋσεν ὅσον κεφαλὴ χάδε φωτός Il. 11.462; κεκραξόμεσθά γʼ ὁπόσον ἡ φάρυξ ἂν ἡμῶν χανδάνῃ διʼ ἡμέρας Ar. Ra. 260; κωκύσασα . . ὅσσον ἐχάνδανε μητρὸς ἀνίη AP 7.644 (Bianor); ὅσον χάδον, ὅσσον ἔρεξαν Opp. C. 4.210: c. inf., στόμα χείσεται ἐξονομῆναι τοῦτο prob. for στοναχήσεται in h.Ven. 252. (Cf. Lat. pr(a)e-hendo; root χενδ- in χείσομαι (χενδ-σ-) and κέχονδα (which shd. prob. be restored in Hom.); χα-ν-δ-άνω is formed from ἔχαδον (ἔχṇδον).)

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