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κατα-χρηστικός

katachrestikos

misused, misapplied

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What it meant

κατα-χρηστικός · kata-chrēstikos — LSJ

misused, misapplied, by a misuse of language

misused, misapplied, of words and phrases, ὑπάκουσις Phld. Rh. 1.89 S., cf. S.E. M. 8.129. Adv. -κῶς by a misuse of language, Str. 7.7.11, S.E. P. 1.191, etc.; opp. κυρίως, D.T. 632.24, Phld. Po. 5.15, Ph. 1.68: Comp. -ώτερον A.D. Synt. 4.26, S.E. M. 6.2.

2 serviceable

serviceable, τὰ κ. καὶ συνεργατικὰ πρός τι Ptol. Tetr. 80.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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