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χρῡσοχο-έω

chrusochoeo

follow the trade of goldsmith

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Where it lives

Economics 1 · 0.56/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

χρῡσοχο-έω · chrysocho-eō — LSJ

follow the trade of goldsmith

follow the trade of goldsmith, Ar. Pl. 164, X. Oec. 18.9.

II smelt ore in order to extract gold, fail in any speculation

smelt ore in order to extract gold from it: hence prov. of those who fail in any speculation, as the Athenians in their attempts to extract gold from their silver-ores, Pl. R. 450b, cf. Din. Fr. 6.13, Harp.

In the wild

χρυσοχοήσοντας · chrysochoēsontas Plato, Republic 5.450 (DIORISIS sentence 2791)
χρυσοχοεῖν · chrysochoein Xenophon, Economics 18.9 (DIORISIS sentence 823)

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