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χρηστός

χρηστός, χρηστός, useful, serviceable; good, honest, worthy

χρηστός, ή, όν, (χράομαι) of things,
  • 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.αʹ: 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. δʼ αὔθʼ ἕκαστʼ ἔχει φίλους E. Hec. 1227.
      • 2 in moral sense, opp. κακός, Eup. in PSI 11.1213.2; opp. πονηρός, Pl. Prt. 313d; τὸ χ., opp. τὸ αἰσχρόν, S. Ph. 476; χρηστός, opp. λυπρός, E. Med. 601: but λῦπαι χρησταί if working for good, Pl. Grg. 499e.
      • 3 good for its purpose, effective (even for evil), τραῦμα, δῆγμα, Luc. Symp. 44, Alex. 55.
      • 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.
        • c c. inf., ὅσοι προβατεύειν χ. Him. Or. 14.32.
      • 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.
      • 4 of men, good, kindly, δούλῳ . . χ. γενόμενός ἐστι δεσπότης πατρίς Antiph. 265; ὡς ἡδὺ δούλῳ δεσπότου χρηστοῦ τυχεῖν Men. Mon. 556, cf. Philem. 227; ὁ χ., ὡς ἔοικε, καὶ χρηστοὺς ποιεῖ Men. 203b, cf. Plu. Phoc. 10; χ. περί τινα D. 59.2; ἐπί τινας Ev.Luc. 6.35; εἰς ἀλλήλους Ep.Eph. 4.32.
        • b sts. simple, silly, like εὐήθης, χρηστὸς εἶ ὅτι ἡγῇ . ., youʼre a nice fellow, to think that . ., Pl. Phdr. 264b, cf. Tht. 161a; ὦ χρηστέ D. 18.318.
      • 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.
    • III Adv. -τῶς well, properly, Hdt. 4.117, Hp. Art. 32; χ. ἔχειν Ar. Ec. 219; σκευάσαι χ. τοὖψον Alex. 149.6.: ironically, χ. τὴν πατρίδα ἐπετρόπευσας Hdt. 3.36.

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