Cheirisophos — a Lacedaemonian, was sent by the Ephors with 700 heavyarmed men, to aid Cyrus in his expedition… (and others of the name)
Ancient Greek word, found 89 times in the texts on Socratos.
Xenophon, Anabasis 1.4.3: παρῆν δὲ καὶ Χειρίσοφος Λακεδαιμόνιος ἐπὶ τῶν νεῶν, μετάπεμπτος ὑπὸ Κύρου, ἑπτακοσίους ἔχων ὁπλίτας, ὧν ἐστρατήγει παρὰ Κύρῳ. αἱ δὲ ν …
Lucian of Samosata, Rhetorum praeceptor 17: … λλόκοτα ὀνόματα καὶ νομοθέτει τὸν μὲν ἑρμηνεῦσαι δεινὸν εὔλεξιν καλεῖν, τὸν συνετὸν σοφόνουν, τὸν ὀρχηστὴν δὲ χειρίσοφον. ἂν σολοικίσῃς δὲ ἢ βαρβαρίσῃς, ἓν ἔστω φάρμακον ἡ ἀναισχυντία, καὶ πρόχειρον εὐθὺς ὄνομα οὔτε ὄντος τινὸς οὔ …