χρῆμα χρῆμα, ατος, τό, χράομαι a thing that one uses or needs: in pl. goods, property, money, gear, chattels, Od., Hes., etc.; πρόβατα καὶ ἄλλα χρ. Xen.; κρείσσων χρημάτων superior to money, i. e. incorruptible, Thuc.; χρημάτων ἀδωρότατος Thuc.:—rare in sg. in this sense, ἐπὶ κόσῳ χρήματι; for how much money? Answ. ἐπʼ οὐδενί, Hdt. generally, a thing, matter, affair, event, Hes., Hdt.; κινεῖν πᾶν χρῆμα "to leave no stone unturned, " Hdt.:—of a battle, an affair, Plut. χρῆμα is often expressed where it might be omitted, δεινὸν χρ. ἐποιεῦντο Hdt.; ἐς ἀφανὲς χρ. ἀποστέλλειν ἀποικίαν to send out a colony without any certain destination, Hdt.; τί χρῆμα; like τί; what? τί χρῆμα δρᾷς; Soph.; τί χρῆμα πάσχω; τί δʼ ἐστὶ χρῆμα; what is the matter? Aesch., etc. used in periphrases to express something strange or extraordinary, μέγα συὸς χρῆμα a monster of a boar, Hdt.; τὸ χρ. τῶν νυκτῶν ὅσον what a terrible length the nights are, Ar.: λιπαρὸν τὸ χρ. τῆς πόλεως what a grand city! Ar.; κλέπτον τὸ χρ. τἀνδρός a thievish sort of fellow, Ar.; σοφόν τοι χρῆμʼ ἄνθρωπος truly a clever creature is he! Theocr.:—so, to express a great number, as we say, a lot, a deal, a heap, πολλόν τι χρ. τῶν ὀφίων, χρ. πολλὸν νεῶν Hdt.; ὅσον τὸ χρ. παρνόπων what a lot of locusts! Ar.; ὅσον τὸ χρ. πλακοῦντος Ar.; τὸ χρ. τῶν κόπων ὅσον what a lot of them! Ar.; —also of persons, χρῆμα θηλειῶν woman kind, Eur.; μέγα χρ. Λακαινᾶν Theocr.