χρύσεος,η,ον, alsoος,ονin AP 5.30 ( Antip.Thess. ), Att.
contr.
χρυσοῦς,ῆ,οῦν
IG 12.358.4 , etc.; Ep.
χρύσειος,η,ον: Hom. and Hes. use bothχρύσεοςand-ειος, χρυσῇis dub. in Il. 5.425 ; Lyr. usedχρύσεος,α,ον,and this form sts. occurs in Trag. dialogue and even in Prose, as X. Ages. 5.5 codd., Plu. Luc. 37 , Apollod. 2.5.10 , Ant.Lib. 36.1 ; Aeol.
χρύσιος
Sapph. 1.8 , al. (but
A.
χρύσεα
Theoc. 29.37
); Boeot.
χρούσιος
SIG 337.8
(iv B. C.): (χρυσός):—golden,freq. in Ep. , esp. of what belonged to gods,χρυσέῳ ἐν δαπέδῳ, χρυσέοις δεπάεσσι, χρύσειον ἐπὶ θρόνον,etc., Il. 4.2 , 3 , 8.442 , al.;χ. τάλανταthegoldenscales of Zeus, 22.209 ;χ. ἰτύς, ζυγόν,of Hera's chariot, 5.724 , 730 ;ἱμάσθλη χ.,of Zeus and Poseidon, 8.44
2. χρύσεια μέταλλα gold-mines, Th. 4.105 (the only instance ofχρύσειοςin Att. , cf.χρυσεῖον).
3. χρυσοῦς(sc.στατήρ),ὁ,a gold coin,
= στατήρ , IG 7.303.98 , al. (Oropus,iii B. C.), IPE 12.32A13 (Olbia,iii B. C.), LXX Ge. 24.22 , Plu. Per. 25 (in Pap., not a coin, but the equivalent of 20 silver drachmae, PCair.Zen. 28.11
(iii B. C.), etc.); χρυσοῖ ἐπίσημοι
Plb. 4.56.3
, cf. Poll. 9.53 , 59 , Hsch.
4. χρύσεον,τό, gold plaque, SIG 1122.7 (Selinus, V B.C.).
II. gold-coloured, golden-yellow,
ἔθειραι
Il. 8.42
, 13.24 ;χ. νέφηib. 523 , etc.; ἀέρος κόμαι
Pi. Pae. 6.137
;τῶν τὰ χρυσᾶtheyolksof eggs, Ath. 9.376d .
III. metaph.,golden,
χρυσέη Ἀφροδίτη
Il. 3.64
, Od. 8.337 ; Μοῖσα
Pi. I. 8(7).5
; σθένος ἀελίου χ.
Id. P. 4.144
; ὦ χ. θύγατερ Διός
S. OT 188
(lyr.);Ἐλπίςib. 158 (lyr.); τιμή
Id. Ant. 699
; ὦ χρυσοῖ θεοί
Ar. Ra. 483
; χ. ὑγίεια
Pi. P. 3.73
; λογισμοῦ ἀγωγή
Pl. Lg. 645a
; ἦθος
Antiph. 212.5
; τὸ χ. ὀρνίθων γένος
Id. 175
;χ. γένος ἀνθρώπων,of theGoldenAge, Hes. Op. 109 , cf. Pl. R. 468e , Phdr. 235e , Cra. 397e .
b. sts. used ironically,ἐγὼ δὲ ὁ χ.but I,fine fellow that I am. . , Luc. Laps. 1 ;Πλάτωνα χρυσοῦν(sc.Ἐπίκουρος ἐκάλει) D.L. 10.8 , cf. Menodot. ap. Gal. Subf.Emp. 63 .
2. wealthy,
Palaeph. 31.4 (s. v. l.). [χρῡσέη, χρῡσέην, χρῡσέου, χρῡσέῳ,etc., in Hom. must be pronounced as disyll., as is fully proved by such passages as Il. 1.15 , 374 : but Lyric Poets sts. usedῠinχρύσεος,
Pi. P. 3.73 , 4.4 , 144 , al., B. 9.6 , 15.2 ; so also Trag., but only in Lyr., not in Iambics or Anapaestics, S. OT 157 , 188 , Ant. 103 , E. Med. 632 , 978 , IA 1051 , IT 1253 , Tr. 856 , Ba. 372 , Heracl. 916 , HF 351 , 396 , El. 192 ; sts. also Epigrammatists, AP 6.292.2 ( Hedyl. ), 7.233.1 ( Apollonid. ), 13.18.4 (Parmeno), APl. 4.96.8 .]
