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|Definition=ή, όν, (χράομαι) of things, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> like [[χρήσιμος]], <b class="b2">useful, good of its kind, serviceable</b>, [τόξα] χρηστὰ οὐδέν <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.78</span>; [ἀτραπὸς] οὐδὲν χ. τισι <span class="bibl">Id.7.215</span>; χ. ἐπίπλοα <span class="bibl">Id.1.94</span>; [<b class="b3">γῆ</b>] <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>594</span>; <b class="b3">οἰκία</b>, opp. <b class="b3">μοχθηρά</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>504a</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ χ. μέλιττα</b>, opp. <b class="b3">οἱ κηφῆνες</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span> 624b23</span>: freq. of <b class="b2">wholesome</b> food, μελίτωμα <span class="bibl">Batr.39</span>; <b class="b3">ποτόν, σῖτος</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>438a</span>; περὶ τὸ σῶμα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>313d</span>: c. gen., <b class="b2">for</b> a thing, <b class="b3">νεύρων</b> <b class="b2">for</b> the sinews, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>14.21</span>; ῥάφανος <span class="bibl">Alex.15.8</span>; ὄψον <span class="bibl">Antiph.242</span>, etc. (but <b class="b2">pleasant</b> to taste, <b class="b2">nice</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>2.10</span>): generally, πολιτεία <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.135</span>; βίος <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.179</span>; of victims and omens, <b class="b2">auspicious</b>, <b class="b3">ἱρά, σφάγια</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.44</span>, <span class="bibl">9.61</span>,<span class="bibl">62</span>; <b class="b3">τελευτὴ χ</b>. a <b class="b2">happy</b> end or issue, <span class="bibl">Id.7.157</span>; εἰ . . τοῦτό γε δοκέει ὑμῖν εἶναι χρηστόν <span class="bibl">Id.5.92</span>.ά: pl., <b class="b3">τὰ χ</b>., as Subst., <b class="b2">benefits, kindnesses</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.1.41</span>, <span class="bibl">42</span>; χρηστὰ φέρειν <span class="bibl">Id.4.139</span>; <b class="b3">χρηστόν τι συμβουλεύειν, χρηστὰ ἐπιτηδεύειν</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>793</span>, <span class="bibl">Antipho 3.3.9</span>; <b class="b3">χρηστὰ λέγειν, πράττειν</b>, etc., <span class="bibl">Men. 725</span>,<span class="bibl">787</span>, etc.: but <b class="b3">τὰ χ</b>. also, <b class="b2">happy event</b>, ἐκτελοῖτο δὴ τὰ χ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span> 228</span> (troch.); <b class="b2">prosperity, success</b>, τὰ χ. δ' αὔθ' ἕκαστ' ἔχει φίλους <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>1227</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in moral sense, opp. <b class="b3">κακός</b>, Eup. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>11.1213.2</span>; opp. <b class="b3">πονηρός</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>313d</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ χ</b>., opp. <b class="b3">τὸ αἰσχρόν</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 476</span>; <b class="b3">χρηστός</b>, opp. <b class="b3">λυπρός</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>601</span>: but <b class="b3">λῦπαι χρησταί</b> if <b class="b2">working for good</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>499e</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">good for its purpose, effective</b> (even for evil), <b class="b3">τραῦμα, δῆγμα</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Symp.</span>44</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Alex.</span>55</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> Gramm., <b class="b2">in use, current</b>, ποιηταῖς χρηστά <span class="bibl">Eust.215.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of persons, <b class="b2">good</b>, esp. in war, <b class="b2">valiant, true</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.109</span>, <span class="bibl">6.13</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>437</span>, etc.: generally, <b class="b2">good, honest, worthy</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span>610</span>; οἰκέται <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>9.5</span>; of women, ἐρεῖ τις ὡς Κλυταιμνήστρα κακή· Ἄλκηστιν ἀντέθηκα χρηστήν <span class="bibl">Eub. 117.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Mon.</span>634</span>; of <b class="b2">good</b> citizens, <b class="b2">useful, deserving</b>, <span class="bibl">D.20.7</span>: c. acc. cogn., ἃ χρηστοὶ ἐγένεσθε <span class="bibl">Th.3.64</span>; χ. περὶ τὴν πόλιν γεγενημένος <span class="bibl">Lys.14.31</span>; χ. καὶ φιλόπολις <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>900</span>; collectively, ὀλίγον τὸ χ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ra.</span>783</span>; but also ironically, ὁ χ. οὑτοσί <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Nu.</span> 8</span>; οἱ χ. πρέσβεις οὗτοι <span class="bibl">D.18.30</span>, cf. 89; ἐκλελάκτικεν ὁ χ. ἡμῖν μοιχός <span class="bibl">Men.16</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> freq. on Epitaphs, <span class="title">IG</span>3.3149,3155, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> c. inf., ὅσοι προβατεύειν χ. <span class="bibl">Him.<span class="title">Or.</span>14.32</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">οἱ χρηστοί</b>, like [[οἱ ἀγαθοί]], those of <b class="b2">good</b> family, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ath.</span>1.4</span>,<span class="bibl">6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of the gods, <b class="b2">propitious, merciful, bestowing health</b> or <b class="b2">wealth</b>, θεῶν χρηστῶν ἥκειν εὖ <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.111</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">M.Ant.9.11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> of men, <b class="b2">good, kindly</b>, δούλῳ . . χ. γενόμενός ἐστι δεσπότης πατρίς <span class="bibl">Antiph.265</span>; ὡς ἡδὺ δούλῳ δεσπότου χρηστοῦ τυχεῖν <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Mon.</span>556</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Philem.227</span>; ὁ χ., ὡς ἔοικε, καὶ χρηστοὺς ποιεῖ <span class="bibl">Men.203b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Phoc.</span>10</span>; χ. περί τινα <span class="bibl">D.59.2</span>; ἐπί τινας <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>6.35</span>; εἰς ἀλλήλους <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Eph.</span>4.32</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> sts. <b class="b2">simple, silly</b>, like [[εὐήθης, χρηστὸς εἶ ὅτι ἡγῇ]]... you're <b class="b2">a nice fellow</b>, to think that... <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>264b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tht.</span>161a</span>; ὦ χρηστέ <span class="bibl">D.18.318</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> of a man, <b class="b2">strong, able</b> in body for sexual intercourse, = [[γυναικὶ χρῆσθαι δυνάμενος]], Hp.<span class="title">Genit.</span>2. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> of the <b class="b2">dead</b>, whence <b class="b3">χρηστὸν ποιεῖν</b> = [[ἀποκτιννύναι]], in a treaty between the Spartans and Tegea, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 592</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Adv. -τῶς <b class="b2">well, properly</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.117</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>32</span>; χ. ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>219</span>; σκευάσαι χ. τοὖψον <span class="bibl">Alex.149.6</span>.: ironically, χ. τὴν πατρίδα ἐπετρόπευσας <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.36</span>.</span>
|Definition=ή, όν, (χράομαι) of things, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> like [[χρήσιμος]], <b class="b2">useful, good of its kind, serviceable</b>, [τόξα] χρηστὰ οὐδέν <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.78</span>; [ἀτραπὸς] οὐδὲν χ. τισι <span class="bibl">Id.7.215</span>; χ. ἐπίπλοα <span class="bibl">Id.1.94</span>; [<b class="b3">γῆ</b>] <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>594</span>; <b class="b3">οἰκία</b>, opp. <b class="b3">μοχθηρά</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>504a</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ χ. μέλιττα</b>, opp. <b class="b3">οἱ κηφῆνες</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span> 624b23</span>: freq. of <b class="b2">wholesome</b> food, μελίτωμα <span class="bibl">Batr.39</span>; <b class="b3">ποτόν, σῖτος</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>438a</span>; περὶ τὸ σῶμα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>313d</span>: c. gen., <b class="b2">for</b> a thing, <b class="b3">νεύρων</b> <b class="b2">for</b> the sinews, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>14.21</span>; ῥάφανος <span class="bibl">Alex.15.8</span>; ὄψον <span class="bibl">Antiph.242</span>, etc. (but <b class="b2">pleasant</b> to taste, <b class="b2">nice</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>2.10</span>): generally, πολιτεία <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.135</span>; βίος <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.179</span>; of victims and omens, <b class="b2">auspicious</b>, <b class="b3">ἱρά, σφάγια</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.44</span>, <span class="bibl">9.61</span>,<span class="bibl">62</span>; <b class="b3">τελευτὴ χ</b>. a <b class="b2">happy</b> end or issue, <span class="bibl">Id.7.157</span>; εἰ . . τοῦτό γε δοκέει ὑμῖν εἶναι χρηστόν <span class="bibl">Id.5.92</span>.ά: pl., <b class="b3">τὰ χ</b>., as Subst., <b class="b2">benefits, kindnesses</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.1.41</span>, <span class="bibl">42</span>; χρηστὰ φέρειν <span class="bibl">Id.4.139</span>; <b class="b3">χρηστόν τι συμβουλεύειν, χρηστὰ ἐπιτηδεύειν</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>793</span>, <span class="bibl">Antipho 3.3.9</span>; <b class="b3">χρηστὰ λέγειν, πράττειν</b>, etc., <span class="bibl">Men. 725</span>,<span class="bibl">787</span>, etc.: but <b class="b3">τὰ χ</b>. also, <b class="b2">happy event</b>, ἐκτελοῖτο δὴ τὰ χ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span> 228</span> (troch.); <b class="b2">prosperity, success</b>, τὰ χ. δ' αὔθ' ἕκαστ' ἔχει φίλους <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>1227</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in moral sense, opp. <b class="b3">κακός</b>, Eup. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>11.1213.2</span>; opp. <b class="b3">πονηρός</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>313d</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ χ</b>., opp. <b class="b3">τὸ αἰσχρόν</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 476</span>; <b class="b3">χρηστός</b>, opp. <b class="b3">λυπρός</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>601</span>: but <b class="b3">λῦπαι χρησταί</b> if <b class="b2">working for good</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>499e</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">good for its purpose, effective</b> (even for evil), <b class="b3">τραῦμα, δῆγμα</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Symp.</span>44</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Alex.</span>55</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> Gramm., <b class="b2">in use, current</b>, ποιηταῖς χρηστά <span class="bibl">Eust.215.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of persons, <b class="b2">good</b>, esp. in war, <b class="b2">valiant, true</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.109</span>, <span class="bibl">6.13</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>437</span>, etc.: generally, <b class="b2">good, honest, worthy</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span>610</span>; οἰκέται <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>9.5</span>; of women, ἐρεῖ τις ὡς Κλυταιμνήστρα κακή· Ἄλκηστιν ἀντέθηκα χρηστήν <span class="bibl">Eub. 117.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Mon.</span>634</span>; of <b class="b2">good</b> citizens, <b class="b2">useful, deserving</b>, <span class="bibl">D.20.7</span>: c. acc. cogn., ἃ χρηστοὶ ἐγένεσθε <span class="bibl">Th.3.64</span>; χ. περὶ τὴν πόλιν γεγενημένος <span class="bibl">Lys.14.31</span>; χ. καὶ φιλόπολις <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>900</span>; collectively, ὀλίγον τὸ χ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ra.</span>783</span>; but also ironically, ὁ χ. οὑτοσί <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Nu.</span> 8</span>; οἱ χ. πρέσβεις οὗτοι <span class="bibl">D.18.30</span>, cf. 89; ἐκλελάκτικεν ὁ χ. ἡμῖν μοιχός <span class="bibl">Men.16</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> freq. on Epitaphs, <span class="title">IG</span>3.3149,3155, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> c. inf., ὅσοι προβατεύειν χ. <span class="bibl">Him.<span class="title">Or.</span>14.32</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">οἱ χρηστοί</b>, like [[οἱ ἀγαθοί]], those of <b class="b2">good</b> family, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ath.</span>1.4</span>,<span class="bibl">6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of the gods, <b class="b2">propitious, merciful, bestowing health</b> or <b class="b2">wealth</b>, θεῶν χρηστῶν ἥκειν εὖ <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.111</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">M.Ant.9.11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> of men, <b class="b2">good, kindly</b>, δούλῳ . . χ. γενόμενός ἐστι δεσπότης πατρίς <span class="bibl">Antiph.265</span>; ὡς ἡδὺ δούλῳ δεσπότου χρηστοῦ τυχεῖν <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Mon.</span>556</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Philem.227</span>; ὁ χ., ὡς ἔοικε, καὶ χρηστοὺς ποιεῖ <span class="bibl">Men.203b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Phoc.</span>10</span>; χ. περί τινα <span class="bibl">D.59.2</span>; ἐπί τινας <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>6.35</span>; εἰς ἀλλήλους <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Eph.</span>4.32</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> sts. <b class="b2">simple, silly</b>, like [[εὐήθης, χρηστὸς εἶ ὅτι ἡγῇ]]... you're <b class="b2">a nice fellow</b>, to think that... <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>264b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tht.</span>161a</span>; ὦ χρηστέ <span class="bibl">D.18.318</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> of a man, <b class="b2">strong, able</b> in body for sexual intercourse, = [[γυναικὶ χρῆσθαι δυνάμενος]], Hp.<span class="title">Genit.</span>2. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> of the <b class="b2">dead</b>, whence <b class="b3">χρηστὸν ποιεῖν</b> = [[ἀποκτιννύναι]], in a treaty between the Spartans and Tegea, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 592</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Adv. -τῶς <b class="b2">well, properly</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.117</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>32</span>; χ. ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>219</span>; σκευάσαι χ. τοὖψον <span class="bibl">Alex.149.6</span>.: ironically, χ. τὴν πατρίδα ἐπετρόπευσας <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.36</span>.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-1376.png Seite 1376]] adj. verb. von [[χράομαι]], 1) brauchbar, nützlich, <b class="b2">tauglich</b>, Her., übh. gut in seiner Art, seiner Bestimmung entsprechend, τινί, bequem wozu zu gebrauchen, 7, 215; τὰ χρηστά, nützliche Dienste, Wohlthaten, ἔς τινα, 1, 41. 42; übh. gut, ἐκτελοῖτο δὴ τὰ χρηστά Aesch. Pers. 224; Soph. öfter, z. B. φρένες χρησταί, γνώμας ἔχων χρηστάς, Ant. 299. 632; oft bei Eur.; χρηστόν τι πράττων Ar. Plut. 341; Ggstz von [[μοχθηρός]], z. B. [[οἰκία]] Plat. Gorg. 504 b; ὅ τι χρηστὸν ἢ πονηρὸν περὶ τὸ [[σῶμα]] Prot. 313 d, u. sonst; – heil- oder glückbringend, θεοί Her. 8, 111; dah. auch τελευτὴ χρηστή, ein glückliches Ende, 8, 157; von Opfern u. Vorbedeutungen, Glück verheißend, ἱρά, σφάγια χρηστά, 5, 44. 9, 61. 62; – heilsam für Etwas, τινός, z. B. χρηστὰ τῶν νεύρων, heilsam für die Sehnen, Ael. – Bei den Gramm. = gebräuchlich, üblich, Schäf. zu D. Hal. de C. V. p. 360. – 2) vom Menschen <b class="b2">gut</b>, brav, bieder; Ggstz von [[πονηρός]] Soph. Phil. 435, wo der Nebenbegriff »tapfer« ist; von [[κακός]] O. R. 610 Ant. 516; ὁ ἐσθλὸς [[χρηστός]] ἐστ' ἀεί Eur. Hec. 598; treu-, gutherzig, einfach, Plat. öfter; einfältig, im guten u. im schlimmen Sinne, dumm, gemein, wie [[εὐήθης]], Plat. Theaet. 161 a, öfter, u. Folgde. – Wie [[χρήσιμος]] von Staatsbürgern = um den Staat verdient, verdienstvoll, Dem. Lpt. 7; – οἱ χρηστοί, die ersten, vornehmsten Familien im Staate, optimates. – Vom Manne = tüchtig zum Beischlaf, od. der eine Frau gebrauchen kann, Hippocr. – Adv., χρηστῶς ἔχειν Ar. Eccl. 219.
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ή, όν, (χράομαι) of things,

   A like χρήσιμος, useful, good of its kind, serviceable, [τόξα] χρηστὰ οὐδέν Hdt.3.78; [ἀτραπὸς] οὐδὲν χ. τισι Id.7.215; χ. ἐπίπλοα Id.1.94; [γῆ] E.Hec.594; οἰκία, opp. μοχθηρά, Pl.Grg.504a; ἡ χ. μέλιττα, opp. οἱ κηφῆνες, Arist.HA 624b23: freq. of wholesome food, μελίτωμα Batr.39; ποτόν, σῖτος, Pl.R.438a; περὶ τὸ σῶμα Pl.Prt.313d: c. gen., for a thing, νεύρων for the sinews, Ael.NA14.21; ῥάφανος Alex.15.8; ὄψον Antiph.242, etc. (but pleasant to taste, nice, Thphr.Char.2.10): generally, πολιτεία Isoc.12.135; βίος Aeschin.1.179; of victims and omens, auspicious, ἱρά, σφάγια, Hdt.5.44, 9.61,62; τελευτὴ χ. a happy end or issue, Id.7.157; εἰ . . τοῦτό γε δοκέει ὑμῖν εἶναι χρηστόν Id.5.92.ά: pl., τὰ χ., as Subst., benefits, kindnesses, Id.1.41, 42; χρηστὰ φέρειν Id.4.139; χρηστόν τι συμβουλεύειν, χρηστὰ ἐπιτηδεύειν, Ar.Nu.793, Antipho 3.3.9; χρηστὰ λέγειν, πράττειν, etc., Men. 725,787, etc.: but τὰ χ. also, happy event, ἐκτελοῖτο δὴ τὰ χ. A.Pers. 228 (troch.); prosperity, success, τὰ χ. δ' αὔθ' ἕκαστ' ἔχει φίλους E.Hec.1227.    2 in moral sense, opp. κακός, Eup. in PSI11.1213.2; opp. πονηρός, Pl.Prt.313d; τὸ χ., opp. τὸ αἰσχρόν, S.Ph. 476; χρηστός, opp. λυπρός, E.Med.601: but λῦπαι χρησταί if working for good, Pl.Grg.499e.    3 good for its purpose, effective (even for evil), τραῦμα, δῆγμα, Luc.Symp.44, Alex.55.    4 Gramm., in use, current, ποιηταῖς χρηστά Eust.215.8.    II of persons, good, esp. in war, valiant, true, Hdt.5.109, 6.13, S.Ph.437, etc.: generally, good, honest, worthy, Id.OT610; οἰκέται X.Oec.9.5; of women, ἐρεῖ τις ὡς Κλυταιμνήστρα κακή· Ἄλκηστιν ἀντέθηκα χρηστήν Eub. 117.11, cf. Men.Mon.634; of good citizens, useful, deserving, D.20.7: c. acc. cogn., ἃ χρηστοὶ ἐγένεσθε Th.3.64; χ. περὶ τὴν πόλιν γεγενημένος Lys.14.31; χ. καὶ φιλόπολις Ar.Pl.900; collectively, ὀλίγον τὸ χ. Id.Ra.783; but also ironically, ὁ χ. οὑτοσί Id.Nu. 8; οἱ χ. πρέσβεις οὗτοι D.18.30, cf. 89; ἐκλελάκτικεν ὁ χ. ἡμῖν μοιχός Men.16.    b freq. on Epitaphs, IG3.3149,3155, al.    c c. inf., ὅσοι προβατεύειν χ. Him.Or.14.32.    2 οἱ χρηστοί, like οἱ ἀγαθοί, those of good family, X.Ath.1.4,6.    3 of the gods, propitious, merciful, bestowing health or wealth, θεῶν χρηστῶν ἥκειν εὖ Hdt.8.111, cf. M.Ant.9.11.    4 of men, good, kindly, δούλῳ . . χ. γενόμενός ἐστι δεσπότης πατρίς Antiph.265; ὡς ἡδὺ δούλῳ δεσπότου χρηστοῦ τυχεῖν Men.Mon.556, cf. Philem.227; ὁ χ., ὡς ἔοικε, καὶ χρηστοὺς ποιεῖ Men.203b, cf. Plu.Phoc.10; χ. περί τινα D.59.2; ἐπί τινας Ev.Luc.6.35; εἰς ἀλλήλους Ep.Eph.4.32.    b sts. simple, silly, like εὐήθης, χρηστὸς εἶ ὅτι ἡγῇ... you're a nice fellow, to think that... Pl.Phdr.264b, cf. Tht.161a; ὦ χρηστέ D.18.318.    5 of a man, strong, able in body for sexual intercourse, = γυναικὶ χρῆσθαι δυνάμενος, Hp.Genit.2.    6 of the dead, whence χρηστὸν ποιεῖν = ἀποκτιννύναι, in a treaty between the Spartans and Tegea, Arist.Fr. 592.    III Adv. -τῶς well, properly, Hdt.4.117, Hp.Art.32; χ. ἔχειν Ar.Ec.219; σκευάσαι χ. τοὖψον Alex.149.6.: ironically, χ. τὴν πατρίδα ἐπετρόπευσας Hdt.3.36.

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[Seite 1376] adj. verb. von χράομαι, 1) brauchbar, nützlich, tauglich, Her., übh. gut in seiner Art, seiner Bestimmung entsprechend, τινί, bequem wozu zu gebrauchen, 7, 215; τὰ χρηστά, nützliche Dienste, Wohlthaten, ἔς τινα, 1, 41. 42; übh. gut, ἐκτελοῖτο δὴ τὰ χρηστά Aesch. Pers. 224; Soph. öfter, z. B. φρένες χρησταί, γνώμας ἔχων χρηστάς, Ant. 299. 632; oft bei Eur.; χρηστόν τι πράττων Ar. Plut. 341; Ggstz von μοχθηρός, z. B. οἰκία Plat. Gorg. 504 b; ὅ τι χρηστὸν ἢ πονηρὸν περὶ τὸ σῶμα Prot. 313 d, u. sonst; – heil- oder glückbringend, θεοί Her. 8, 111; dah. auch τελευτὴ χρηστή, ein glückliches Ende, 8, 157; von Opfern u. Vorbedeutungen, Glück verheißend, ἱρά, σφάγια χρηστά, 5, 44. 9, 61. 62; – heilsam für Etwas, τινός, z. B. χρηστὰ τῶν νεύρων, heilsam für die Sehnen, Ael. – Bei den Gramm. = gebräuchlich, üblich, Schäf. zu D. Hal. de C. V. p. 360. – 2) vom Menschen gut, brav, bieder; Ggstz von πονηρός Soph. Phil. 435, wo der Nebenbegriff »tapfer« ist; von κακός O. R. 610 Ant. 516; ὁ ἐσθλὸς χρηστός ἐστ' ἀεί Eur. Hec. 598; treu-, gutherzig, einfach, Plat. öfter; einfältig, im guten u. im schlimmen Sinne, dumm, gemein, wie εὐήθης, Plat. Theaet. 161 a, öfter, u. Folgde. – Wie χρήσιμος von Staatsbürgern = um den Staat verdient, verdienstvoll, Dem. Lpt. 7; – οἱ χρηστοί, die ersten, vornehmsten Familien im Staate, optimates. – Vom Manne = tüchtig zum Beischlaf, od. der eine Frau gebrauchen kann, Hippocr. – Adv., χρηστῶς ἔχειν Ar. Eccl. 219.