1. χρηστός · chrēstos — Chantraine
excellence : associé souvent à γενναῖος, ἐσθλός ; antonyme de ἀχρεῖος, s
The corpus record
χρηστός
chrestos
excellence : associé souvent à γενναῖος, ἐσθλός ; antonyme de ἀχρεῖος, s
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Distribution
- Hipparchus 11 · 48.8/10k
- Lovers 7 · 29.28/10k
- Plutus 18 · 22.33/10k
- For Polystratus 4 · 20.95/10k
- Against Philon 3 · 16.5/10k
- For Phormio 6 · 15.28/10k
- Minos 4 · 14.02/10k
- Against Aristogeiton 1 9 · 13.45/10k
- Nicocles or the Cyprians 5 · 13.39/10k
- Psalmi Salomonis 6 · 12.61/10k
- Against Alcibiades 1 3 · 12.44/10k
- Against Leptines 14 · 12.39/10k
Densest 12 of 130 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. χρηστός · chrēstos — LSJ
useful, good of its kind, serviceable
Attestations
- χρηστοὺς · chrēstous Plato, Republic 1.334 (DIORISIS sentence 218)
- χρηστοὺς · chrēstous Plato, Republic 1.334 (DIORISIS sentence 219)
- χρηστοὺς · chrēstous Plato, Republic 1.334 (DIORISIS sentence 220)
- χρηστόν · chrēston Plato, Republic 1.334 (DIORISIS sentence 239)
- χρηστὸν · chrēston Plato, Republic 1.334 (DIORISIS sentence 241)
- χρηστὸν · chrēston Plato, Republic 3.396 (DIORISIS sentence 1679)
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
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- scan p. 1296; entry #8816 Review: Under source audit
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