χρύσεος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=χρυσέη, χρύσεον, also χρύσεος, χρύσεον in ''AP''5.30 (Antip.Thess.), Att. contr. [[χρυσοῦς]], χρυσοῆ, χρυσοοῦν ''IG''12.358.4, etc.; Ep. [[χρύσειος]], η, ον: Hom. and Hes. use both [[χρύσεος]] and [[χρύσειος]], χρυσῇ is dub. in Il.5.425; Lyr. used χρύσεος, α, ον, and this form sometimes occurs in Trag. dialogue and even in Prose, as X.''Ages.''5.5 codd., Plu.''Luc.''37, Apollod.2.5.10, Ant.Lib.36.1; Aeol. [[χρύσιος]] Sapph.1.8, al. (but<br><span class="bld">A</span> χρύσεα Theoc.29.37); Boeot. [[χρούσιος]] ''SIG''337.8 (iv B. C.): ([[χρυσός]]):—[[golden]], freq. in Ep., especially of what belonged to gods, <b class="b3">χρυσέῳ ἐν δαπέδῳ, χρυσέοις δεπάεσσι, χρύσειον ἐπὶ θρόνον</b>, etc., Il.4.2,3, 8.442, al.; <b class="b3">χ. τάλαντα</b> the [[golden]] scales of [[Zeus]], 22.209; <b class="b3">χ. ἰτύς, ζυγόν</b>, of [[Hera]]'s [[chariot]], 5.724,730; <b class="b3">ἱμάσθλη χ.</b>, of [[Zeus]] and [[Poseidon]], 8.44 = 13.26; <b class="b3">ζώνη χ.</b>, of [[Calypso]] and [[Circe]], Od.5.232 = 10.545, etc.; δόμος Sapph. [[l.c.]]; of possessions of mortals, Il.4.133, 5.425, al.: sometimes [[enriched with gold]] or [[adorned with gold]], χ. σκῆπτρον 1.15, cf. 246; μάχαιρα 18.598; θύραι Od.7.88; [[κλῖναι]], [[κρητῆρες]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.82,80; <b class="b3">ἕστηκε.. Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ χ.</b>, of a statue, Id.8.121; χρυσοῦς στάθητι Luc.''Pseudol.''15.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">χρύσεια μέταλλα</b> [[gold]]-mines, Th.4.105 (the only instance of [[χρύσειος]] in Att., cf. [[χρυσεῖον]]).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[χρυσοῦς]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[στατήρ]]), ὁ, [[a gold coin]], = [[στατήρ]], ''IG''7.303.98, al. (Oropus, iii B. C.), ''IPE''12.32A13 (Olbia, iii B. C.), [[LXX]] ''Ge.'' 24.22, Plu.''Per.''25 (in Pap., not a coin, but the equivalent of 20 silver drachmae, ''PCair.Zen.''28.11 (iii B. C.), etc.); χρυσοῖ ἐπίσημοι Plb.4.56.3, cf. Poll.9.53,59, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[χρύσεον]], τό, [[gold plaque]], ''SIG''1122.7 (Selinus, V B.C.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[gold-coloured]], [[golden-yellow]], ἔθειραι Il.8.42, 13.24; <b class="b3">χ. νέφη</b> ib.523, etc.; ἀέρος κόμαι Pi.''Pae.''6.137; [[τῶν ᾠῶν τὰ χρυσᾶ]] the [[yolk of an egg|yolks of eggs]], Ath.9.376d.<br><span class="bld">III</span> metaph., [[golden]], χρυσέη Ἀφροδίτη Il.3.64, Od.8.337; Μοῖσα Pi.''I.''8(7).5; σθένος ἀελίου χ. Id.''P.''4.144; ὦ χ. θύγατερ Διός [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''188 (lyr.); [[Ἐλπίς]] ib.158 (lyr.); τιμή Id.''Ant.'' 699; ὦ χρυσοῖ θεοί Ar.''Ra.''483; χ. ὑγίεια Pi.''P.''3.73; λογισμοῦ ἀγωγή [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''645a; ἦθος Antiph.212.5; τὸ χ. ὀρνίθων γένος Id.175; <b class="b3">χ. γένος ἀνθρώπων</b>, of the ''Golden'' Age, Hes.''Op.''109, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 468e, ''Phdr.'' 235e, ''Cra.''397e.<br><span class="bld">b</span> sometimes used ironically, <b class="b3">ἐγὼ δὲ ὁ χ.</b> but I, [[fine fellow that I am]]... Luc.''Laps.''1; <b class="b3">Πλάτωνα χρυσοῦν</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">Ἐπίκουρος ἐκάλει</b>) D.L.10.8, cf. Menodot. ap. Gal.''Subf.Emp.''63.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[wealthy]], Palaeph. 31.4 ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]). [χρῡσέη, χρῡσέην, χρῡσέου, χρῡσέῳ, etc., in Hom. must be pronounced as disyll., as is fully proved by such passages as Il.1.15,374: but Lyric Poets sometimes used ῠ in [[χρύσεος]], Pi.''P.''3.73, 4.4, 144, al., B.9.6, 15.2; so also Trag., but only in Lyr., not in Iambics or Anapaestics, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''157, 188, ''Ant.''103, E.''Med.''632,978, ''IA'' 1051, ''IT''1253, ''Tr.''856, ''Ba.''372, ''Heracl.''916, ''HF''351, 396, ''El.''192; sometimes also Epigrammatists, ''AP''6.292.2 (Hedyl.), 7.233.1 (Apollonid.), 13.18.4 (Parmeno), ''APl.''4.96.8.]