The corpus record

χρηστήριος

chresterios

oracular, prophetic

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Where it lives

Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

χρηστήριος · chrēstērios — LSJ

oracular, prophetic, author of oracles

oracular, prophetic, ἐφετμαί l.c.; ὄρνιθες Id. Th. 26; χρηστηρίαν ἐσθῆτα Id. Ag. 1270; τρίπους χ. E. Ion 1320; τοὔνομα Id. Hel. 822; also Ἄπολλον χρηστήριε author of oracles, Hdt. 6.80, cf. OGI 312 (Aegae, ii B. C.).

II fitted, designed for use, useful, household

(χράομαι) = χρηστικός, fitted or designed for use, useful, χρηστήρια σκεύη household utensils or furniture, Pl.Com. 27 (τὰ πρὸς θεωρίαν ἢ θυσίαν σ. Poll. 10.11); without σκεύη, Mnemos. 57.208 (Argos, vi B. C.), OGI 326.30 (Teos, ii B. C.); ὅσα σκύτινα τῶν ὅπλων καὶ τῶν χ. Str. 13.1.48, cf. 15.2.6, Nic.Dam. 106J.; τὸν περίβολον καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῷ χ. Explor.Arch. de Délos 11.291, cf. 120, Durrbach Choix d’ inscr. de Délos 119 (ii B. C.); τὰ δώματα καὶ τὰ χ. τῶν ὑδάτων Supp.Epigr. 8.170 (Palestine), cf

In the wild

χρηστηρίαν · chrēstērian Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1269–1276
χρηστηρίους · chrēstērious Aeschylus, Eumenides 240–242
χρηστηρίους · chrēstērious Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 24–26
χρηστήριε · chrēstērie Herodotus, Histories 6.80.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6648)

Where it came from

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