The corpus record

χρηστότης

chrestotes · ἡ

goodness, honesty, uprightness

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Where it lives

Titus 1 · 15.43/10k
Psalmi Salomonis 7 · 14.72/10k
Fragments 3 · 7.53/10k
Romans 5 · 7.13/10k
Virtues and Vices 1 · 6.74/10k
Colossians 1 · 6.46/10k
Galatians 1 · 4.58/10k
Psalmi 15 · 4.39/10k
Ephesians 1 · 4.15/10k
Esther 2 · 3.62/10k
2 Corinthians 1 · 2.23/10k
Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

χρηστότης · chrēstotēs — LSJ

goodness, honesty, uprightness, honesty

goodness, honesty, uprightness, χρηστότητα ἀσκεῖν E. Supp. 872; μέγιστον ἀγαθόν ἐστι μετὰ νοῦ χ. Men. 788, cf. 472.1; χρηστότητος εἵνεκα as a reward for honesty, Aristopho 14.4 (troch.), Timocl. 8.17; ποιεῖν χ. LXX Ps. 13(14).3; ἀκολουθεῖ τῇ ἀρετῇ χ.) Arist. VV 1251b33; ἡ σὴ χ., as a honorific address, PGiss. 7.15 (ii A. D.), PLond. 2.411.6 (iv A. D.), etc.

II goodness of heart, kindness, soft-heartedness, kindness

goodness of heart, kindness, Is. 2.7 (but in depreciatory sense, soft-heartedness, Men. 579); εὔνοιαν καὶ χ. παρέσχητο Hdn. 2.9.9; χ. καὶ φιλοστοργία, φιλανθρωπία καὶ χ., Plu. Agis 17, Comp.Dem.Cic. 3, cf. Luc. Tim. 8, D.C. 73.5; ἡ χ. καὶ ἡ φιλανθρωπία τοῦ θεοῦ Ep.Tit. 3.4, cf. Ep.Rom. 11.22, al.; χ. ἐθʼ ἡμᾶς Ep.Eph. 2.7; ποιεῖν χρηστότητα to show kindness, LXX Ps. 118(119).65; πολλὰ τῇ χ. . . κτῶνται Phld. Rh. 1.262S.

2 simplicity, silly good nature

simplicity, silly good nature, ἤθους ἀπλαστία μετʼ ἀλογιστίας, Pl. Def. 412e.

In the wild

χρηστότης · chrēstotēs Aristotle, Virtues and Vices (DIORISIS sentence 73)
χρηστότησιν · chrēstotēsin Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8621)
χρηστότητα · chrēstotēta Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6300)
χρηστότητι · chrēstotēti Epictetus, Fragments (DIORISIS sentence 208)
χρηστότης · chrēstotēs Epictetus, Fragments (DIORISIS sentence 254)
χρηστότητι · chrēstotēti Epictetus, Fragments (DIORISIS sentence 273)

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