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χρησῐμ-εύω

chresimeuo

to be useful

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Where it lives

Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
Siracides 1 · 0.54/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

χρησῐμ-εύω · chrēsim-euō — LSJ

to be useful, serviceable

to be useful or serviceable, τοῖς ἐπιλήπτοις Thphr. Fr. 175, cf. Phld. Rh. 1.221, al., Luc. DMort. 20[10].9; τῇ πατρίδι IGRom. 4.1228 (Thyatira); πρός τι D.S. 1.81, Dsc. 2.149; εἴς τι Epicur. Fr. 458, Gal. 19.396, Iamb. in Nic. p.12P.: abs., LXX Wi. 4.3, Muson. Fr. 18Ap.95 H., Alex.Aphr. in Top. 430.2: sens.obsc., D.L. 6.91:— rejected by the Atticists, cf. Phryn. 367.

In the wild

χρησιμεύειν · chrēsimeuein Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.5 (DIORISIS sentence 5380)
χρησιμεύσει · chrēsimeusei Septuaginta, Sapientia Salomonis 4
χρησιμεύσῃς · chrēsimeusēis Septuaginta, Siracides 13

Where it came from

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