χρηστότης, ητος, ἡ,
goodness, honesty, uprightness, χρηστότητα ἀσκεῖν [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 872; μέγιστον ἀγαθόν ἐστι μετὰ νοῦ χ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 788, compare 472.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χρηστότητος εἵνεκα as a reward for honesty, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristopho Comicus 14.4 (troch.), 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 8.17; ποιεῖν χ. LXX.Psa.13(14).3 ] LXX+4th c.BC+]; ἀκολουθεῖ τῇ ἀρετῇ χ.) [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Virtutibus et Vitiis” 1251b33 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ σὴ χ., as a honorific address, [[ “PGiss.” 7.15 (2nd c.AD), “PLond.” 2.411.6 (4th c.AD), etc. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II goodness of heart, kindness, [[ 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 2.7 ] Refs 4th c.BC+] (but in depreciatory sense, soft-heartedness, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 579); εὔνοιαν καὶ χ. παρέσχητο 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.9.9 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; χ. καὶ φιλοστοργία, φιλανθρωπία καὶ χ., [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Agis” 17, “Comp. Dem.Cic.” 3, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 8, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 73.5; ἡ χ. καὶ ἡ φιλανθρωπία τοῦ θεοῦ NT.Tit.3.4, cf. NT.Rom.11.22, +others; χ. ἐθ᾽ ἡμᾶς NT.Eph.2.7 ] NT+1st c.AD+]; ποιεῖν χρηστότητα to show kindness, [[ LXX.Psa.118(119).65; πολλὰ τῇ χ... κτῶνται 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.262S. ] LXX+1st c.BC+]
__II.2 simplicity, silly good nature, ἤθους ἀπλαστία μετ᾽ ἀλογιστίας, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Definitiones” 412e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]