The corpus record

χρῡσοφορ-έω

chrusophoreo

wear golden ornaments

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Where it lives

Oeconomica II 1 · 2.13/10k
Economics 1 · 1.61/10k
Machabaeorum I 1 · 0.57/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

χρῡσοφορ-έω · chrysophor-eō — LSJ

wear golden ornaments, apparel, wearing a gold ornament, wear a gold ring

wear golden ornaments or apparel, Hdt. 1.82, Euph. 38, Sotad. 9.4, Arist. Oec. 1349a24, Chor. 32.70 p.360F.-R.; διά τινα ἀρχὴν ἢ ἱερωσύνην Artem. 2.9, cf. 1.77; esp. of priests, δεδόχθαι τοὺς ἱερεῖς -φορεῖν τοῖς θεοῖς SIG 704E 31 (Delph., ii B. C.); οἱ -φοροῦντες τῇ θεῷ ἱερεῖς BMus.Inscr. 4.481*.437 (Ephes., ii A. D.); also [ἰχθῦς] χρυσοφορέων wearing a gold ornament, Luc. Syr.D. 45; wear a gold ring, App. Pun. 104.

II pay gold as a tax

pay gold as a tax, D.S. 4.83.

III carry gold

carry gold, of streams, App. Mith. 103.

In the wild

χρυσοφορεῖν · chrysophorein Aristotle, Economics 1349a (DIORISIS sentence 216)
χρυσοφορεῖν · chrysophorein Aristotle, Oeconomica II (DIORISIS sentence 96)
χρυσοφορήσειν · chrysophorēsein Herodotus, Histories 1.82.7 (DIORISIS sentence 571)
χρυσοφορῇ · chrysophorēi Septuaginta, Machabaeorum I 14

Where it came from

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