χρυσίον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, ''Dim. of'' [[χρυσός]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[a piece of gold]], generally, [[gold]], Hdt. 3.95,97, Pl.Euthd.288e, R.336e, al.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[anything made of gold]], [[gold plate]], [[ornaments of gold]], etc., [[ἄσημον]] Th.2.13: pl., D.27.10, 48.55, Men.Sam.167, 1 Ep.Pet.3.3, Plu.Tim.15.<br><span class="bld">3</span> esp. [[gold coin]], [[money]], E. Cyc.161; οὔτ' ἀργύριον οὔτε χρυσίον Ar.Eq.472, cf. Pl.808, Ra.720 (troch.), etc.; χρυσίον Ἀττικόν IG22.1687.16; λῆρος πάντα πρὸς τὸ χ. Antiph.232.1; ἐγὼ δ' ὑπέλαβον χρησίμους εἶναι θεοὺς τἀργύριον καὶ τὸ χ. Men.537.4: but στατῆρας χρυσίου Eup.112; χρυσία [[pieces of gold]], Pl.R.336e.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[gold thread]], Hp.Art.32.<br><span class="bld">II</span> as a [[term of endearment]], [[my little treasure]]! Ar.Lys.930, cf. Ap11.232 (Callias Arg.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> = τὸ τῶν παιδίων [[αἰδοῖον]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]