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χρηστός, ή, όν,
(χράομαι) of things, like{χρήσιμος}, useful, good of its kind, serviceable, [τόξα] χρηστὰ οὐδέν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.78; [ἀτραπὸς] οὐδὲν χ. τισι [prev. author] 7.215; χ. ἐπίπλοα [prev. author] 1.94 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; [γῆ] [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 594 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἰκία, opposed to μοχθηρά, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 504a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ χ. μέλιττα, opposed to οἱ κηφῆνες, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 624b23 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: frequently of wholesome food, μελίτωμα [[ Batrachomyomachia 39 ] Refs]; ποτόν, σῖτος, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 438a; περὶ τὸ σῶμα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 313d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with genitive, for a thing, νεύρων for the sinews, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 14.21; ῥάφανος 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 15.8; ὄψον 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 242, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+] (but pleasant to taste, nice, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 2.10): generally, πολιτεία 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.135; βίος 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.179 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of victims and omens, auspicious, ἱρά, σφάγια, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.44, 9.61, 62 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τελευτὴ χ. a happy end or issue, [[ [prev. author] 7.157; εἰ.. τοῦτό γε δοκέει ὑμῖν εἶναι χρηστόν [prev. author] 5.92.ά] Refs]: plural, τὰ χ., as substantive, benefits, kindnesses, [[ [prev. author] 1.41, 42; χρηστὰ φέρειν [prev. author] 4.139 ] Refs]; χρηστόν τι συμβουλεύειν, χρηστὰ ἐπιτηδεύειν, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 793, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χρηστὰ λέγειν, πράττειν, etc., [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 725, 787, etc.: but τὰ χ.] Refs 4th c.BC+] also, happy event, ἐκτελοῖτο δὴ τὰ χ. [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 228 (troch.)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; prosperity, success, τὰ χ. δ᾽ αὔθ᾽ ἕκαστ᾽ ἔχει φίλους [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1227. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __2 in moral sense, opposed to κακός, [[ 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus in “PSI” 11.1213.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to πονηρός, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 313d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ χ., opposed to τὸ αἰσχρόν, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 476 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χρηστός, opposed to λυπρός, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 601: but λῦπαι χρησταί] Refs 5th c.BC+] if working for good, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 499e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 good for its purpose, effective (even for evil), τραῦμα, δῆγμα, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Symp.” 44, “Alex.” 55. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__4 Grammars, in use, current, ποιηταῖς χρηστά [[ 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 215.8. ] Refs]
__II of persons, good, especially in war, valiant, true, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.109, 6.13, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 437, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, good, honest, worthy, [[ [prev. author] “OT” 610; οἰκέται 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 9.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of women, ἐρεῖ τις ὡς Κλυταιμνήστρα κακή· Ἄλκηστιν ἀντέθηκα χρηστήν [[ 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 117.11, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 634 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of good citizens, useful, deserving, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.7: with _accusative_ _cognate_, ἃ χρηστοὶ ἐγένεσθε 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.64; χ. περὶ τὴν πόλιν γεγενημένος 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.31; χ. καὶ φιλόπολις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 900; collectively, ὀλίγον τὸ χ. [prev. author] “Ra.” 783 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but also ironically, ὁ χ. οὑτοσί [[ [prev. author] “Nu.” 8; οἱ χ. πρέσβεις οὗτοι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.30, compare 89; ἐκλελάκτικεν ὁ χ. ἡμῖν μοιχός 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 16. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.b frequently on Epitaphs, [[ “IG” 3.3149,3155, +others ] Refs]
__II.c with infinitive, ὅσοι προβατεύειν χ. [[ 4th c.AD: Himerius Sophista “Orationes” 14.32. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__II.2 οἱ χρηστοί, like{οἱ ἀγαθοί}, those of good family, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 1.4, 6. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 of the gods, propitious, merciful, bestowing health or wealth, θεῶν χρηστῶν ἥκειν εὖ [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.111, compare 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 9.11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 of men, good, kindly, δούλῳ.. χ. γενόμενός ἐστι δεσπότης πατρίς [[ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 265; ὡς ἡδὺ δούλῳ δεσπότου χρηστοῦ τυχεῖν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 556, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 227; ὁ χ., ὡς ἔοικε, καὶ χρηστοὺς ποιεῖ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 203b, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Phocion” 10; χ. περί τινα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.2; ἐπί τινας NT.Luke.6.35; εἰς ἀλλήλους NT.Eph.4.32. ] NT+4th c.BC+]
__II.4.b sometimes simple, silly, like{εὐήθης, χρηστὸς εἶ ὅτι ἡγῇ}.., you're a nice fellow, to think that.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 264b, compare “Tht.” 161a; ὦ χρηστέ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.318. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.5 of a man, strong, able in body for sexual intercourse, ={γυναικὶ χρῆσθαι δυνάμενος}, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Genit.” 2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.6 of the dead, whence χρηστὸν ποιεῖν ={ἀποκτιννύναι}, in a treaty between the Spartans and Tegea, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 592. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III adverb -τῶς well, properly, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.117, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 32; χ. ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 219; σκευάσαι χ. τοὖψον 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 149.6.: ironically, χ. τὴν πατρίδα ἐπετρόπευσας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.36. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
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