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χρήσῐμ-ος

chresimos

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What it meant

1. χρήσιμος · chrēsimos — Chantraine

4. χρήσιμος adj, non forcément issu de χρῆσις pour la forme (Redard, ὁ. e. 101), très proche de χρηστός pour le sens : qualifie celui en qui ou ee en quoi on cherche et trouve recours, ressource, avec les mêmes associations et les mêmes spécifications morales et sociales (Thgn. 406, Hdi., Th., att., etc.), Fréquent dans les décrets d'edepyecke. Cette proximité peut expliquer le très petit nombre des dérivés et … — [Chantraine, s.v. χρήσιμος, p. 1296]

2. χρήσῐμ-ος · chrēsim-os — LSJ

useful, serviceable, excellence, useful

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.

2 serviceable, useful, a good and useful citizen, useful, serviceable, able

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, much-frequented

used, made use of, τέμενος -ώτατον a much-frequented sanctuary, dub. in Hdt. 2.178.

4 available, authentic

χρησίμη διαθήκη an available (i.e. authentic) will, Is. 6.30.

5 that will, pass

νομίσματα οὐ χρήσιμα ἔξω money that will not pass abroad, X. Vect. 3.2.

II serviceable, with advantage

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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Where it came from

  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. χρήσιμος (scan p. 1296; entry #8817).

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