χρῆσις

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εως, ἡ, (χράομαι)    Iemployment, use made of a thing, ἀνέμων Pi.O.11(10).2; χρημάτων Democr.282; οἰκίας Pl.Erx.394d, cf. SIG987.33 (Chios, iv B. C.); τὴν κατ' ἀξίαν χ. ποιοῦνται ἑκάστῳ (fort. leg. ἑκάστου) Iamb.Protr.5; use, practice, Hp.VM4; in pl., uses, advantages, Pi.N.1.30; αἱ ἐς τὰ πολεμικὰ χ. the uses of war, X.Cyr. 8.5.7; αἱ πολιτικαὶ χ. Arist.Pol.1267a23; opp. κτῆσις, Pl.Mx.238b, Arist.EN1098b32, Cic.Fam.7.29.1; opp. πώλησις, X.Oec.3.9.   2 usefulness, Th.7.5; opp. ἀχρηστία, Pl.R.333d; ἐς χρῆσιν κρατύνεσθαι so as to become useful, Hp.Art.27; ἔχειν χρῆσιν to be useful, D.11.8.    3 intimacy, acquaintance, ἡ οἰκειότης καὶ ἡ χ. [τῆς πόλεως] Isoc. Ep.2.14; ἡ χ. ἡ πρὸς ἀλλήλους Arist.Pol.1280a36; αἱ οἴκοι χρήσεις Isoc.19.11; ἡ τῶν ἀφροδισίων χ. Pl.Lg.841a, Arist.HA581b13, cf. Pol. 1262a34 (pl.), Ep.Rom.1.26; τὰ ἐν χρήσει familiar objects, Plot.4.4.37.    4 Gramm., usage, of words, ἡ ἐξαλλαγὴ τῆς συνήθους χ. D.H.Amm.2.3; ἀναστρέφων τὰς χ. ib.2, cf. A.D.Synt.119.24, al.; ἡ Πλάτωνος χ. Id.Pron.72.18; in concrete sense, example of a word or use, πυκνῶς αἱ χ. παρὰ Αἰολεῦσιν ib.66.3; passage cited, f. l. for κρίσει in D.H.Rh.4.3; indicated by the symbol <*>, Anon.Oxy.1611.56 (iii A. D.); <*> Ἀριστοφάνους (referring to Av.1181) An.Ox.2.452.    II (χράω (B) A), oracular response, ἀπὸ κείνου χρήσιος at his bidding, Pi.O.13.76.    III (χράω (B) B), lending, loan, Arist.EN 1131a4, Plb.31.23.4, Ps.-Phoc.106.