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χρήσιμος

χρήσιμος, χρήσιμος η ον, useful, profitable (adjective)

χρήσῐμ-ος, η, ον, also ος, ον X. Mem. 3.8.8, Pl. Grg. 480b, R. 333b: (χράομαι):—
  • useful, serviceable, first in Thgn. 406; εἰς ἀνάγκαν, ἔνθʼ οὐ ποδὶ χρησίμῳ χρῆται S. OT 878 (lyr.); τὸ χ. φρενῶν the excellence of . ., E. Ph. 1740 (lyr.); τὸ αὐτίκα χ. Th. 3.56; ἡ διὰ τὸ χ. φιλία Arist. EN 1159b13; τὰ χ. Men. Mon. 579; χ. εἴς τι useful for something, Hdt. 4.109, Ar. Pl. 493 (anap.), Pl. R. l.c.; ἐπί τι Id. Grg. l.c.; πρός τι E. Hipp. 482 (Comp.); ἰδίᾳ ἑκάστῳ χ. καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ κοινοῦ ὠφέλιμα X. Cyr. 6.2.34; τοῦτʼ οὖν τί ἐστι χρήσιμον; Ar. Nu. 202; χρήσιμόν ἐστι, c. inf., Id. Av. 382 (troch.).
      • 2 of persons, serviceable, useful, S. Aj. 410, D. 20.7, etc.; Comp. -ώτερος Pl. Lg. 819c: esp., like χρηστός, a good and useful citizen, χ. πόλει E. Or. 910; χ. πολίτης Eup. 118; χ. τινι Is. Fr. 16.1; ἐπί τι D. 25.31; τοὺς εὐπόρους δεῖ χ. αὑτοὺς παρέχειν τοῖς πολίταις to show themselves useful, serviceable to the state, Id. 42.22, cf. E. Supp. 887, Is. Fr. 10.1 (Comp.); τοῖς σώμασι -ώτεροι more able-bodied, X. Lac. 5.9; opp. ἀργαλέος τὴν ὄψιν, Aeschin. 1.61.
      • 3 used, made use of, τέμενος -ώτατον a much-frequented sanctuary, dub. in Hdt. 2.178.
      • 4 χρησίμη διαθήκη an available (i.e. authentic) will, Is. 6.30.
      • 5 νομίσματα οὐ χρήσιμα ἔξω money that will not pass abroad, X. Vect. 3.2.
    • II Adv., -μως ἔχειν to be serviceable, Th. 3.44, X. Cyr. 8.5.9; χ. τινὶ σωθῆναι with advantage to him, Th. 5.91, cf. J. BJ 6.2.9; τὰ -μως λεγόμενα Plu. Aud.poet. 2.36d.

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