χρηστός
χρηστός,
ή,
όν,(
χράομαι) of things,
A). like
χρήσιμος ,
useful, good of its kind, serviceable, [τόξα] χρηστὰ οὐδέν Hdt. 3.78 ;[
ἀτραπὸς] οὐδὲν χ. τισι Id. 7.215 ;
χ. ἐπίπλοα Id. 1.94 ;[
γῆ]
E. Hec. 594 ;
οἰκία, opp.
μοχθηρά, Pl. Grg. 504a ;
ἡ χ. μέλιττα, opp.
οἱ κηφῆνες, Arist. HA 624b23 : freq. of
wholesome food,
μελίτωμα Batr. 39 ;
ποτόν, σῖτος, Pl. R. 438a ;
περὶ τὸ σῶμα Pl. Prt. 313d : c. gen.,
for a thing,
νεύρων for the sinews,
Ael. NA 14.21 ;
ῥάφανος Alex. 15.8 ;
ὄψον Antiph. 242 , etc. (but
pleasant to taste,
nice, Thphr. Char. 2.10 ): generally,
πολιτεία Isoc. 12.135 ;
βίος Aeschin. 1.179 ; of victims and omens,
auspicious, ἱρά, σφάγια, Hdt. 5.44 ,
9.61 ,
62 ;
τελευτὴ χ. a
happy end or issue,
Id. 7.157 ;
εἰ .. τοῦτό γε δοκέει ὑμῖν εἶναι χρηστόν Id. 5.92 .
ά: pl.,
τὰ χ., as Subst.,
benefits, kindnesses, Id. 1.41 ,
42 ;
χρηστὰ φέρειν Id. 4.139 ;
χρηστόν τι συμβουλεύειν, χρηστὰ ἐπιτηδεύειν, Ar. Nu. 793 ,
Antipho 3.3.9 ;
χρηστὰ λέγειν, πράττειν, etc.,
Men. 725 ,
787 , etc.: but
τὰ χ. also,
happy event, ἐκτελοῖτο δὴ τὰ χ. A. Pers. 228 (troch.);
prosperity, success, τὰ χ. δ’ αὔθ’ ἕκαστ’ ἔχει φίλους E. Hec. 1227 .
4). Gramm.,
in use, current, ποιηταῖς χρηστά Eust. 215.8 .
II). of persons,
good, esp. in war,
valiant, true, Hdt. 5.109 ,
6.13 ,
S. Ph. 437 , etc.: generally,
good, honest, worthy, Id. OT 610 ;
οἰκέται X. Oec. 9.5 ; of women,
ἐρεῖ τις ὡς Κλυταιμνήστρα κακή· Ἄλκηστιν ἀντέθηκα χρηστήν Eub. 117.11 , cf.
Men. Mon. 634 ; of
good citizens,
useful, deserving, D. 20.7 : c. acc. cogn.,
ἃ χρηστοὶ ἐγένεσθε Th. 3.64 ;
χ. περὶ τὴν πόλιν γεγενημένος Lys. 14.31 ;
χ. καὶ φιλόπολις Ar. Pl. 900 ; collectively,
ὀλίγον τὸ χ. Id. Ra. 783 ; but also ironically,
ὁ χ. οὑτοσί Id. Nu. 8 ;
οἱ χ. πρέσβεις οὗτοι D. 18.30 , cf.
89 ;
ἐκλελάκτικεν ὁ χ. ἡμῖν μοιχός Men. 16 .
b). freq. on Epitaphs, IG 3.3149 , 3155 , al.
2). οἱ χρηστοί, like
οἱ ἀγαθοί , those of
good family,
X. Ath. 1.4 ,
6 .
3). of the gods,
propitious, merciful, bestowing health or
wealth, θεῶν χρηστῶν ἥκειν εὖ Hdt. 8.111 , cf.
M.Ant. 9.11 .
5). of a man, strong, able in body for sexual intercourse, = γυναικὶ χρῆσθαι δυνάμενος , Hp. Genit. 2 .
6). of the
dead, whence
χρηστὸν ποιεῖν =
ἀποκτιννύναι , in a treaty between the Spartans and Tegea,
Arist. Fr. 592 .
ShortDef
useful, good of its kind, serviceable
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χρηστός
Headword (normalized/stripped):
χρηστος
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">χρηστός</span>, <span class="itype greek">ή</span>, <span class="itype greek">όν</span>,(<span class="etym greek">χράομαι</span>) of things, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> like <span class="ref greek">χρήσιμος</span> , <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">useful, good of its kind, serviceable,</span> <span class="quote greek">[τόξα] χρηστὰ οὐδέν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:78" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.78/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.78 </a> ;[ <span class="quote greek">ἀτραπὸς] οὐδὲν χ. τισι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:215" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.215/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 7.215 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">χ. ἐπίπλοα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:94" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.94/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 1.94 </a> ;[<span class="foreign greek">γῆ</span>] <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:594" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:594/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 594 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">οἰκία,</span> opp. <span class="foreign greek">μοχθηρά,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:504a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:504a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 504a </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἡ χ. μέλιττα,</span> opp. <span class="foreign greek">οἱ κηφῆνες,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:624b:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:624b.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 624b23 </a>: freq. of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wholesome</span> food, <span class="quote greek">μελίτωμα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1220.tlg001:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1220.tlg001:39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Batr.</span> 39 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ποτόν, σῖτος,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:438a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:438a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 438a </a>; <span class="quote greek">περὶ τὸ σῶμα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:313d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:313d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prt.</span> 313d </a> : c. gen., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">for</span> a thing, <span class="foreign greek">νεύρων</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">for</span> the sinews, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:14:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:14.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ael.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">NA</span> 14.21 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ῥάφανος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:15:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:15.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alex.</span> 15.8 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὄψον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:242" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:242/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiph.</span> 242 </a> , etc. (but <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pleasant</span> to taste, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">nice,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg009:2:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg009:2.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Char.</span> 2.10 </a>): generally, <span class="quote greek">πολιτεία</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg021.perseus-grc1:135" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg021.perseus-grc1:135/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 12.135 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">βίος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc1:179" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc1:179/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 1.179 </a> ; of victims and omens, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">auspicious,</span> <span class="foreign greek">ἱρά, σφάγια,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.44 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:61" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.61/canonical-url/"> 9.61 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:62" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:62/canonical-url/"> 62 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τελευτὴ χ.</span> a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">happy</span> end or issue, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:157" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.157/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 7.157 </a>; <span class="quote greek">εἰ .. τοῦτό γε δοκέει ὑμῖν εἶναι χρηστόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:92" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.92/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 5.92 </a> .<span class="itype greek">ά</span>: pl., <span class="foreign greek">τὰ χ.,</span> as Subst., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">benefits, kindnesses,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:41" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.41/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 1.41 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:42" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:42/canonical-url/"> 42 </a>; <span class="quote greek">χρηστὰ φέρειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:139" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.139/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 4.139 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">χρηστόν τι συμβουλεύειν, χρηστὰ ἐπιτηδεύειν,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:793" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:793/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 793 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg003.perseus-grc1:3:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg003.perseus-grc1:3.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 3.3.9 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">χρηστὰ λέγειν, πράττειν,</span> etc., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:725" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:725/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> 725 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:787" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:787/canonical-url/"> 787 </a>, etc.: but <span class="foreign greek">τὰ χ.</span> also, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">happy event,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἐκτελοῖτο δὴ τὰ χ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:228" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:228/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 228 </a> (troch.); <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">prosperity, success,</span> <span class="quote greek">τὰ χ. δ’ αὔθ’ ἕκαστ’ ἔχει φίλους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1227" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1227/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 1227 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> in moral sense, opp. <span class="foreign greek">κακός,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eup.</span> </span> in <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PSI</span> 11.1213.2 </span>; opp. <span class="foreign greek">πονηρός,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:313d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:313d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prt.</span> 313d </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὸ χ.,</span> opp. <span class="foreign greek">τὸ αἰσχρόν,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:476" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:476/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 476 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">χρηστός,</span> opp. <span class="foreign greek">λυπρός,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:601" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:601/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 601 </a>: but <span class="foreign greek">λῦπαι χρησταί</span> if <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">working for good,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:499e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:499e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 499e </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">good for its purpose, effective</span> (even for evil), <span class="foreign greek">τραῦμα, δῆγμα,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg015:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg015:44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Symp.</span> 44 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg038:55" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg038:55/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alex.</span> 55 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> Gramm., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in use, current,</span> <span class="quote greek">ποιηταῖς χρηστά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:215:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:215.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eust.</span> 215.8 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> of persons, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">good,</span> esp. in war, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">valiant, true,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:109" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.109/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.109 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.13/canonical-url/"> 6.13 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:437" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:437/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 437 </a>, etc.: generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">good, honest, worthy,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:610" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:610/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 610 </a>; <span class="quote greek">οἰκέται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:9:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:9.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Oec.</span> 9.5 </a> ; of women, <span class="quote greek">ἐρεῖ τις ὡς Κλυταιμνήστρα κακή· Ἄλκηστιν ἀντέθηκα χρηστήν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0458.tlg001:117:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0458.tlg001:117.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eub.</span> 117.11 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg047:634" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg047:634/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mon.</span> 634 </a>; of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">good</span> citizens, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">useful, deserving,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg020.perseus-grc1:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg020.perseus-grc1:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 20.7 </a>: c. acc. cogn., <span class="quote greek">ἃ χρηστοὶ ἐγένεσθε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:64" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.64/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 3.64 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">χ. περὶ τὴν πόλιν γεγενημένος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg014.perseus-grc1:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg014.perseus-grc1:31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 14.31 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">χ. καὶ φιλόπολις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:900" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:900/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pl.</span> 900 </a> ; collectively, <span class="quote greek">ὀλίγον τὸ χ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:783" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:783/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 783 </a> ; but also ironically, <span class="quote greek">ὁ χ. οὑτοσί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 8 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οἱ χ. πρέσβεις οὗτοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.30 </a> , cf. <span class="bibl"> 89 </span>; <span class="quote greek">ἐκλελάκτικεν ὁ χ. ἡμῖν μοιχός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> 16 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> freq. on Epitaphs, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 3.3149 </span>,<span class="bibl"> 3155 </span>, al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>c).</strong></span> c. inf., <span class="quote greek">ὅσοι προβατεύειν χ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2051.tlg001:14:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2051.tlg001:14.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Him.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 14.32 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">οἱ χρηστοί,</span> like <span class="ref greek">οἱ ἀγαθοί</span> , those of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">good</span> family, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg015.perseus-grc1:1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg015.perseus-grc1:1.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ath.</span> 1.4 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg015.perseus-grc1:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg015.perseus-grc1:6/canonical-url/"> 6 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> of the gods, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">propitious, merciful, bestowing health</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wealth,</span> <span class="quote greek">θεῶν χρηστῶν ἥκειν εὖ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:111" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.111/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 8.111 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0562.tlg001:9:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0562.tlg001:9.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">M.Ant.</span> 9.11 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> of men, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">good, kindly,</span> <span class="quote greek">δούλῳ .. χ. γενόμενός ἐστι δεσπότης πατρίς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:265" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:265/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiph.</span> 265 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὡς ἡδὺ δούλῳ δεσπότου χρηστοῦ τυχεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg047:556" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg047:556/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mon.</span> 556 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0487.tlg001:227" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0487.tlg001:227/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philem.</span> 227 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὁ χ., ὡς ἔοικε, καὶ χρηστοὺς ποιεῖ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:203b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:203b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> 203b </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg049:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg049:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phoc.</span> 10 </a>; <span class="quote greek">χ. περί τινα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg059.perseus-grc1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg059.perseus-grc1:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 59.2 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐπί τινας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg003.perseus-grc1:6:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg003.perseus-grc1:6.35/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ev.Luc.</span> 6.35 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εἰς ἀλλήλους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg010.perseus-grc1:4:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg010.perseus-grc1:4.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.Eph.</span> 4.32 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> sts. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">simple, silly,</span> like <span class="ref greek">εὐήθης, χρηστὸς εἶ ὅτι ἡγῇ</span> .. , you\'re <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a nice fellow,</span> to think that .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:264b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:264b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 264b </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:161a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:161a/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 161a </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὦ χρηστέ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:318" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:318/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.318 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> of a man, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">strong, able</span> in body for sexual intercourse, = <span class="ref greek">γυναικὶ χρῆσθαι δυνάμενος</span> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Genit.</span> 2 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> of the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dead,</span> whence <span class="foreign greek">χρηστὸν ποιεῖν</span> = <span class="ref greek">ἀποκτιννύναι</span> , in a treaty between the Spartans and Tegea, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg051:592" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg051:592/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 592 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> Adv. <span class="quote greek">-τῶς</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">well, properly,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:117" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.117/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.117 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg010.perseus-grc1:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg010.perseus-grc1:32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Art.</span> 32 </a>; <span class="quote greek">χ. ἔχειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:219" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:219/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ec.</span> 219 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σκευάσαι χ. τοὖψον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:149:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:149.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alex.</span> 149.6 </a> .: ironically, <span class="quote greek">χ. τὴν πατρίδα ἐπετρόπευσας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.36 </a> .</div> </div><br><br>'}