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Chrestus

Chrestus · m

A Jew at Rome under the emperor Claudius

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Where it lives

Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 1 · 2.74/10k
Divus Claudius 1 · 1.57/10k
Epigrammata 3 · 0.53/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1 · 0.13/10k
Epistulae ad Familiares 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

Chrestus — Lewis & Short

Chrestus, i, m.

I A mutilated form for Christus, Lact. 4, 7, 5; hence, Chrestiani, instead of Christiani, was used by many; cf. Tert. Apol. 3 fin.—

II A Jew at Rome under the emperor Claudius, Suet. Claud. 15; v. the commentt. in h. l.—

III A slave or freedman of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 1.

In the wild

Chreste Martial, Epigrammata 7.55.1
Chreste Martial, Epigrammata 9.27.1
Chresti Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 2.8.1
Chrestus Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1.1.8
Chresto Suetonius, Divus Claudius 25.4
Chresto Ausonius, Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 58.4

6 of 7 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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