The corpus record

χρήστ-ης

chrestes · ὁ

one who gives

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Where it lives

Against Apaturius 3 · 11.85/10k
Against Diogeiton 1 · 5.91/10k
Against Zenothemis 1 · 5.28/10k
For Phormio 2 · 5.09/10k
Against Onetor 1 1 · 4.26/10k
On the Navy-Boards 1 · 3.89/10k
Hecuba 2 · 2.79/10k
Against Pantaenetus 1 · 2.69/10k
Apollodorus Against Timotheus 1 · 2.32/10k
Clouds 2 · 2.08/10k
Against Aristogeiton 1 1 · 1.49/10k
Thesmophoriazusae 1 · 1.42/10k

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

χρήστ-ης · chrēst-ēs — LSJ

one who gives, expounds oracles, prophet, soothsayer

one who gives or expounds oracles, prophet, soothsayer, Hsch., prob. in Milet. 7p.50 (Didyma, i B. C.).

II creditor, usurer

(κίχρημι) creditor, usurer, Ps.-Phoc. 83, Ar. Nu. 240, 434 (anap.), Lys. 32.29, Lycurg. 22, etc.

2 debtor

(χράομαι, κίχραμαι) debtor, Phoc. 16, D. 30.12, 32.12, IPE 12.32B84 (Olbia, iii B. C.), cf. Harp. s.v.: c. gen., κακοῦ ἀνδρός Phoc. l.c.; χρημάτων D. 36.6.

In the wild

χρήστων · chrēstōn Aristophanes, Clouds 240 (DIORISIS sentence 219)
χρήστας · chrēstas Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 364)
χρήστʼ · chrēstʼ Aristophanes, Frogs 1034–1035
χρῆσθʼ · chrēsthʼ Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae (DIORISIS sentence 246)
χρῆσται · chrēstai Demosthenes, Against Apaturius 6 (DIORISIS sentence 12)
χρήστας · chrēstas Demosthenes, Against Apaturius 6 (DIORISIS sentence 13)

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Where it came from

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