χρημᾰτ-ισμός, ὁ,
negotiation, giving audience to ambassadors, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 28.16.10 (_plural_)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἐποιεῖτο τὸν χ. καὶ τοὺς λόγους[[ [prev. work] 16.4, compare 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 63.20 (_plural_). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 decree or ordinance, made by a sovereign or some public authority, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.64, 70 (but χ. στρατηγῶν] Refs 1st c.BC+] business introduced by the generals, Decrees Del. cited in [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 14.10.14)] Refs 1st c.AD+]; decision on a case or petition, [[ “UPZ” 25.2 (2nd c.BC), “OGI” 139.18(_plural_, Philae, 2nd c.BC), etc. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__3 administration of justice by χρηματισταί, [[ “PCair.Zen.” 513 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__4 any public instrument or document, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.13, “Supp.epigram” 3.367.34 (Lebad., 2nd c.BC), LXX.2Mac.11.17 ] LXX+2nd c.BC+]; public records, [[ PEnteux. 22.9 (3rd c.BC), “PPar.” 65.15 (2nd c.BC), “Chron.Lind.” 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 7 (_plural_), “Supp.epigram” 3.674.32 (Rhodes, 2nd c.BC). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__4.b generally, deed, legal instrument, [[ Arch.Papyrus 4.130iii 41 (2nd c.AD), etc.] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; δημόσιος χ. notarial instrument, Mitteis [[ “Chr.” 200.9 (3rd c.AD), etc.: _plural_, [prev. work]192.35 (Edict of Mettius Rufus, 1st c.AD)] Refs 1st c.AD+]; τῶν δούλων τοὺς χ. the title-deeds referring to the slaves, [[ “PUniv.Giss.” 20.8 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]