What Do Enchiridion Mean?

What Do Enchiridion Mean?

Enchiridion is a small manual or handbook. It can refer more specifically to: Enchiridion of Epictetus, a short manual of Stoic ethical advice.

Is enchiridion an English word?

Definition of enchiridion in the English dictionary

The definition of enchiridion in the dictionary is a handbook or manual.

What language is enchiridion?

The word "encheiridion" (Ancient Greek: ἐγχειρίδιον) is an adjective meaning "in the hand" or "ready to hand". The word sometimes meant a handy sword, or dagger, but coupled with the word "book" (biblion, Greek: βιβλίον) it means a handy book or hand-book.

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