χρῖσις, εως, ἡ,
(χρίω) smearing, ἡ τοῦ ἐλαιου εἰς ἱμάτιον χ. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 966b35; τῶν ἀγγείων 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.58 (χρῆσιν codices)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; [τῆς κεφαλῆς], ={ἄλειψις}, [[ Diocl.fragment 141. ] Refs]
__2 anointing, [[ PPetr. 2p.72 (3rd c.BC), LXX.Exo.29.21, +others; φαρμάκων 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 2.14.3 (_plural_) ] LXX+3rd c.BC+]
__II colouring, varnish, wash, [[ 1st c.AD: Musonius Philosophus “fragment” 19p.108H.(_plural_), 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 6.41 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; colour-washing, τῶν σκαναμάτων [[ “IG” 42(1).109 i 128 (Epid., 3rd c.BC),compare “Supp.epigram” 4.270 (Panamara, 1st c.BC(?)). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]