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χρησμοσύνη

chresmosune · ἡ

need, want, poverty

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Where it lives

Histories 1 · 0.05/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

χρησμοσύνη · chrēsmosynē — LSJ

need, want, poverty

need, want, poverty, Tyrt. 10.8, A.R. 2.473, Plot. 1.8.5.

in mystical sense, opp. κόρος and corresponding to διακόσμησις, Heraclit. 65, cf. Ph. 1.89, 2.242, Plu. E apud Delph. 2.389c.

II importunity

importunity, τῆς χ. μετίεσαν Hdt. 9.33.

III service

service, A.R. 1.837.

In the wild

χρησμοσύνης · chrēsmosynēs Herodotus, Histories 9.33.5 (DIORISIS sentence 9572)
χρησμοσύνην · chrēsmosynēn Plotinus, Enneads 1.8 (DIORISIS sentence 526)

Where it came from

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