χρῆσις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ, (χράομαι) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span><b class="b2">employment, use</b> made of a thing, ἀνέμων <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>11(10).2</span>; χρημάτων <span class="bibl">Democr.282</span>; οἰκίας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Erx.</span>394d</span>, cf. <span class="title">SIG</span>987.33 (Chios, iv B. C.); <b class="b3">τὴν κατ' ἀξίαν χ. ποιοῦνται ἑκάστῳ</b> (fort. leg. <b class="b3">ἑκάστου</b>) <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">Protr.</span>5</span>; <b class="b2">use, practice</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VM</span>4</span>; in pl., <b class="b2">uses, advantages</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>1.30</span>; <b class="b3">αἱ ἐς τὰ πολεμικὰ χ</b>. the <b class="b2">uses</b> of war, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span> 8.5.7</span>; αἱ πολιτικαὶ χ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1267a23</span>; opp. <b class="b3">κτῆσις</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Mx.</span>238b</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1098b32</span>, <span class="bibl">Cic.<span class="title">Fam.</span>7.29.1</span>; opp. <b class="b3">πώλησις</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>3.9</span>.</span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">usefulness</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.7.5</span>; opp. <b class="b3">ἀχρηστία</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>333d</span>; ἐς χρῆσιν κρατύνεσθαι <b class="b2">so as to become useful</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>27</span>; <b class="b3">ἔχειν χρῆσιν</b> to be <b class="b2">useful</b>, <span class="bibl">D.11.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">intimacy, acquaintance</b>, <b class="b3">ἡ οἰκειότης καὶ ἡ χ. [τῆς πόλεως</b>] <span class="bibl">Isoc. <span class="title">Ep.</span>2.14</span>; ἡ χ. ἡ πρὸς ἀλλήλους <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1280a36</span>; αἱ οἴκοι χρήσεις <span class="bibl">Isoc.19.11</span>; ἡ τῶν ἀφροδισίων χ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>841a</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>581b13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pol.</span> 1262a34</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Rom.</span>1.26</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ἐν χρήσει</b> <b class="b2">familiar</b> objects, <span class="bibl">Plot.4.4.37</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> Gramm., <b class="b2">usage</b>, of words, ἡ ἐξαλλαγὴ τῆς συνήθους χ. D.H.<span class="title">Amm.</span>2.3; <b class="b3">ἀναστρέφων τὰς χ</b>. ib.2, cf. <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Synt.</span>119.24</span>, al.; ἡ Πλάτωνος χ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pron.</span>72.18</span>; in concrete sense, <b class="b2">example</b> of a word or use, <b class="b3">πυκνῶς αἱ χ. παρὰ Αἰολεῦσιν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">66.3</span>; <b class="b2">passage</b> cited, f. l. for [[κρίσει]] in <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Rh.</span>4.3</span>; indicated by the symbol &lt;*&gt;, Anon.<span class="title">Oxy.</span>1611.56 (iii A. D.); &lt;*&gt; <b class="b3">Ἀριστοφάνους</b> (referring to <span class="title">Av.</span>1181) <span class="title">An.Ox.</span>2.452. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> (<b class="b3">χράω</b> (B) A), <b class="b2">oracular response</b>, <b class="b3">ἀπὸ κείνου χρήσιος</b> at his <b class="b2">bidding</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.76</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> (<b class="b3">χράω</b> (B) B), <b class="b2">lending, loan</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span> 1131a4</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.31.23.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Ps.-Phoc.106</span>.</span>