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χρῆσις

χρῆσις, a using, employment, use

χρῆσις, εως, ἡ, (χράομαι)
    • Iemployment, use made of a thing, ἀνέμων Pi. O. 11(10).2; χρημάτων Democr. 282; οἰκίας Pl. Erx. 394d, cf. SIG 987.33 (Chios, iv B. C.); τὴν κατʼ ἀξίαν χ. ποιοῦνται ἑκάστῳ (fort. leg. ἑκάστου) Iamb. Protr. 5; use, practice, Hp. VM 4; in pl., uses, advantages, Pi. N. 1.30; αἱ ἐς τὰ πολεμικὰ χ. the uses of war, X. Cyr. 8.5.7; αἱ πολιτικαὶ χ. Arist. Pol. 1267a23; opp. κτῆσις, Pl. Mx. 238b, Arist. EN 1098b32, Cic. Fam. 7.29.1; opp. πώλησις, X. Oec. 3.9.
      • 2 usefulness, Th. 7.5; opp. ἀχρηστία, Pl. R. 333d; ἐς χρῆσιν κρατύνεσθαι so as to become useful, Hp. Art. 27; ἔχειν χρῆσιν to be useful, D. 11.8.
      • 3 intimacy, acquaintance, ἡ οἰκειότης καὶ ἡ χ. [τῆς πόλεως] Isoc. Ep. 2.14; ἡ χ. ἡ πρὸς ἀλλήλους Arist. Pol. 1280a36; αἱ οἴκοι χρήσεις Isoc. 19.11; ἡ τῶν ἀφροδισίων χ. Pl. Lg. 841a, Arist. HA 581b13, cf. Pol. 1262a34 (pl.), Ep.Rom. 1.26; τὰ ἐν χρήσει familiar objects, Plot. 4.4.37.
      • 4 Gramm., usage, of words, ἡ ἐξαλλαγὴ τῆς συνήθους χ. D.H. Amm. 2.3; ἀναστρέφων τὰς χ. ib. 2, cf. A.D. Synt. 119.24, al.; ἡ Πλάτωνος χ. Id. Pron. 72.18; in concrete sense, example of a word or use, πυκνῶς αἱ χ. παρὰ Αἰολεῦσιν ib. 66.3; passage cited, f. l. for κρίσει in D.H. Rh. 4.3; indicated by the symbol [ΧΡ ligature], Anon. Oxy. 1611.56 (iii A. D.); [ΧΡ ligature] Ἀριστοφάνους (referring to Av. 1181) An.Ox. 2.452.
    • II (χράω (B) A), oracular response, ἀπὸ κείνου χρήσιος at his bidding, Pi. O. 13.76.
    • III (χράω (B) B), lending, loan, Arist. EN 1131a4, Plb. 31.23.4, Ps.-Phoc. 106.

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