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χρηματισμός

χρηματισμός, an oracular response, divine warning

χρημᾰτ-ισμός, ὁ,
  • negotiation, giving audience to ambassadors, Plb. 28.16.10 (pl.); ἐποιεῖτο τὸν χ. καὶ τοὺς λόγους ib. 16.4, cf. Vett.Val. 63.20 (pl.).
      • 2 decree or ordinance, made by a sovereign or some public authority, D.S. 1.64, 70 (but χ. στρατηγῶν business introduced by the generals, Decr.Del. ap. J. AJ 14.10.14); decision on a case or petition, UPZ 25.2 (ii B. C.), OGI 139.18 (pl., Philae, ii B. C.), etc.
      • 3 administration of justice by χρηματισταί, PCair.Zen. 513 (iii B. C.).
      • 4 any public instrument or document, D.S. 14.13, Supp.Epigr. 3.367.34 (Lebad., ii B.C.), LXX 2 Ma. 11.17; public records, PEnteux. 22.9 (iii B. C.), PPar. 65.15 (ii B. C.), Chron.Lind. A. 7 (pl.), Supp.Epigr. 3.674.32 (Rhodes, ii B. C.).
        • b generally, deed, legal instrument, Arch.Pap. 4.130iii 41 (ii A. D.), etc.; δημόσιος χ. notarial instrument, Mitteis Chr. 200.9 (iii A. D.), etc.: pl., ib. 192.35 (Edict of Mettius Rufus, i A. D.); τῶν δούλων τοὺς χ. the title-deeds referring to the slaves, PUniv.Giss. 20.8 (ii A. D.).
      • 5 oracular response, divine injunction or warning, LXX 2. Ma. 2.4, Ep.Rom. 11.4, Artem. 1.2, Vett.Val. 1.7, PMag.Par. 1.2206.
    • II (from Med.) doing business for oneʼs own gain, money-making, freq. in Pl., ἀμελήσας χρηματις μοῦ καὶ οἰκονομίας Ap. 36b; ἰάτρευσις καὶ ὁ ἄλλος χ. R. 357c; χ. διὰ βαναυσίας καὶ τόκων Lg. 743d; ὁ ἐκ γῆς χ. ib. 949e: pl., R. 465c, Lg. 741e, Isoc. 3.50; χρηματισμός, οὐ λῃτουργία γέγονεν ἡ τριηραρχία D. 21.167.
    • III later, appellation, title, designation, SIG 739.2 (Delph., i B. C.), D.L. 1.48 (pl.); use of a name or designation, Arch.Pap. 4.122v7 (ii A. D.); simply, name, Dosith.p.382K.
    • IV ‘affair’, χ. εὔχρηστος (of σπάργανα) Sor. 1.111 (sed leg. σχημ-.)

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