χρήσιμος χρήσῐμος, η, ον χράομαι useful, serviceable, good for use, good, apt or fit in its kind, Hdt., Attic; τὸ αὐτίκα χρ. present advantage, Thuc.; —χρ. εἴς τι useful for something, Hdt., etc.; ἐπί τι Plat.; πρός τι Eur.; useful for doing, Ar. serviceable, useful, Soph., Eur., etc.; χρησίμους ἑαυτοὺς παρέχειν τῇ πόλει to shew themselves serviceable to the state, Dem. much-used, Hdt. νόμισμα οὐ χρήσιμον ἔξω money that will not pass abroad, Xen. adv., χρησίμως ἔχειν to be serviceable, Thuc.; χρ. τινί with advantage to him, Thuc.