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|Definition=χρηστή, χρηστόν, ([[χράομαι]]) of things,<br><span class="bld">A</span> like [[χρήσιμος]], [[useful]], [[good of its kind]], [[serviceable]], [τόξα] χρηστὰ οὐδέν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.78; [[ἀτραπός|ἀτραπὸς]] οὐδὲν χ. τισι Id.7.215; χρηστὰ [[ἐπίπλοος|ἐπίπλοα]] Id.1.94; ([[γῆ]]) E.''Hec.''594; [[οἰκία]], opp. [[μοχθηρός|μοχθηρά]], Pl.''Grg.''504a; ἡ χρηστὴ [[μέλιττα]], opp. οἱ [[κηφήν|κηφῆνες]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|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, [[νεῦρον|νεύρων]] for the [[sinew]]s, Ael.''NA''14.21; [[ῥάφανος]] Alex.15.8; ὄψον Antiph.242, etc. (but [[pleasant]] to taste, [[nice]], [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Characters|Char.]]''2.10): generally, [[πολιτεία]] Isoc.12.135; [[βίος]] Aeschin.1.179; of victims and omens, [[auspicious]], [[ἱρά]], [[σφάγιον|σφάγια]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.44, 9.61,62; [[τελευτή|τελευτὴ]] χρηστή = a [[happy]] [[end]] or [[issue]], Id.7.157; εἰ . . τοῦτό γε δοκέει ὑμῖν εἶναι χρηστόν Id.5.92.ά: pl., [[τὰ χρηστά]], as [[substantive]], [[benefit]]s, [[kindness]]es, Id.1.41, 42; χρηστὰ φέρειν Id.4.139; χρηστόν τι [[συμβουλεύειν]], χρηστὰ [[ἐπιτηδεύειν]], Ar.''Nu.''793, Antipho 3.3.9; χρηστὰ [[λέγειν]], χρηστὰ [[πράττειν]], etc., Men. 725,787, etc.: but [[τὰ χρηστά]] also, [[happy event]], ἐκτελοῖτο δὴ [[τὰ χρηστά]] A.''Pers.'' 228 (troch.); [[prosperity]], [[success]], [[τὰ χρηστά]] δ' αὔθ' ἕκαστ' ἔχει φίλους E.''Hec.''1227.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in moral sense, opp. [[κακός]], Eup. in ''PSI''11.1213.2; opp. [[πονηρός]], Pl.''Prt.''313d; [[τὸ χρηστόν]], opp. [[τὸ αἰσχρόν]], S.''Ph.'' 476; [[χρηστός]], opp. [[λυπρός]], E.''Med.''601: but [[λῦπαι χρησταί]] = [[pain]]s with a [[beneficial]] [[result]], Pl.''Grg.''499e.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[good for its purpose]], [[effective]] (even for [[evil]]), [[τραῦμα]], [[δῆγμα]], Luc.''Symp.''44, ''Alex.''55.<br><span class="bld">4</span> Gramm., [[in use]], [[current]], ποιηταῖς χρηστά Eust.215.8.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of persons, [[good]], especially in war, [[valiant]], [[true]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.109, 6.13, S.''Ph.''437, etc.: generally, [[good]], [[honest]], [[worthy]], Id.''OT''610; οἰκέται X.''Oec.''9.5; of women, ἐρεῖ τις ὡς [[Κλυταιμνήστρα]] κακή· [[Ἄλκηστις|Ἄλκηστιν]] ἀντέθηκα χρηστήν Eub. 117.11, cf. Men.''Mon.''634; of [[good]] [[citizen]]s, [[useful]], [[deserving]], D.20.7: c. acc. cogn., ἃ χρηστοὶ ἐγένεσθε Th.3.64; χ. περὶ τὴν πόλιν γεγενημένος Lys.14.31; χρηστὸς καὶ [[φιλόπολις]] Ar.''Pl.''900; collectively, ὀλίγον τὸ χ. Id.''Ra.''783; but also ironically, ὁ χρηστὸς οὑτοσί Id.''Nu.'' 8; οἱ χρηστοὶ πρέσβεις οὗτοι D.18.30, cf. 89; ἐκλελάκτικεν ὁ χρηστὸς ἡμῖν [[μοιχός]] Men.16.<br><span class="bld">b</span> freq. on Epitaphs, ''IG''3.3149,3155, al.<br><span class="bld">c</span> c. inf., ὅσοι [[προβατεύω|προβατεύειν]] χ. Him.''Or.''14.32.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[οἱ χρηστοί]], like [[οἱ ἀγαθοί]], those of [[good]] [[family]], X.''Ath.''1.4,6.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of the gods, [[propitious]], [[merciful]], [[bestowing health]] or [[bestowing wealth]], θεῶν χρηστῶν ἥκειν εὖ [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.111, cf. M.Ant.9.11.<br><span class="bld">4</span> 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 χρηστός, 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.<br><span class="bld">b</span> sometimes [[simple]], [[silly]], like [[εὐήθης]], χρηστὸς εἶ ὅτι ἡγῇ... you're a [[nice]] [[fellow]], to [[think]] that... [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''264b, cf. ''Tht.''161a; ὦ χρηστέ D.18.318.<br><span class="bld">5</span> of a man, [[strong]], [[able]] in body for [[sexual]] [[intercourse]], = γυναικὶ χρῆσθαι [[δυνάμενος]], Hp.''Genit.''2.<br><span class="bld">6</span> of the [[dead]], whence χρηστὸν [[ποιεῖν]] = [[ἀποκτείνυμι|ἀποκτιννύναι]], in a [[treaty]] between the [[Spartans]] and [[Tegea]], Arist.''Fr.'' 592.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[χρηστῶς]] = [[well]], [[properly]], [[suitably]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.117, Hp.''Art.''32; χ. ἔχειν Ar.''Ec.''219; σκευάσαι [[χρηστῶς]] τοὖψον Alex.149.6.: ironically, [[χρηστῶς]] τὴν πατρίδα ἐπετρόπευσας [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.36.