χρήσιμος
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English (LSJ)
η, ον, also ος, ον X.Mem.3.8.8, Pl.Grg.480b, R.333b: (χράμαι):—
A useful, serviceable, first in Thgn.406; εἰς ἀνάγκαν, ἔνθ' οὐ ποδὶ χρησίμῳ χρῆται S.OT878 (lyr.); τὸ χ. φρενῶν the excellence of... E.Ph.1740 (lyr.); τὸ αὐτίκα χ. Th.3.56; ἡ διὰ τὸ χ. φιλία Arist.EN1159b13; τὰ χ. Men.Mon.579; χ. εἴς τι useful for something, Hdt.4.109, Ar.Pl.493 (anap.), Pl.R.l. c.; ἐπί τι Id.Grg. l. c.; πρός τι E.Hipp.482 (Comp.); ἰδίᾳ ἑκάστῳ χ. καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ κοινοῦ ὠφέλιμα X.Cyr.6.2.34; τοῦτ' οὖν τί ἐστι χρήσιμον; Ar.Nu.202; χρήσιμόν ἐστι, c. inf., Id.Av.382 (troch.). 2 of persons, serviceable, useful, S.Aj.410, D.20.7, etc.; Comp. -ώτερος Pl.Lg.819c: esp., like χρηστός, a good and useful citizen, χ. πόλει E.Or.910; χ. πολίτης Eup.118; χ. τινι Is.Fr.16.1; ἐπί τι D.25.31; τοὺς εὐπόρους δεῖ χ. αὑτοὺς παρέχειν τοῖς πολίταις to show themselves useful, serviceable to the state, Id.42.22, cf. E.Supp.887, Is.Fr.10.1 (Comp.); τοῖς σώμασι -ώτεροι more able-bodied, X.Lac.5.9; opp. ἀργαλέος τὴν ὄψιν, Aeschin.1.61. 3 used, made use of, τέμενος -ώτατον a muchfrequented sanctuary, dub. in Hdt.2.178. 4 χρησίμη διαθήκη an available (i.e. authentic) will, Is.6.30. 5 νομίσματα οὐ χρήσιμα ἔξω money that will not pass abroad, X.Vect.3.2. II Adv., -μως ἔχειν to be serviceable, Th.3.44, X.Cyr.8.5.9; χ. τινὶ σωθῆναι with advantage to him, Th.5.91, cf. J.BJ6.2.9; τὰ -μως λεγόμενα Plu. 2.36d.
