χρυσός

English (LSJ)

ὁ,

   A gold, τιμῆς Il.18.475, etc.; coupled with other precious things, e.g. χαλκός, σίδηρος, 6.48; ἐσθής, Od.5.38; χρυσὸν κέρασιν περιχεύας (of a victim) Il.10.294 = Od.3.384, cf. 437; ὡς δ' ὅτε τις χρυσὸν περιχεύεται ἀργύρῳ 6.232; χ. δαμασίφρων Pi.O. 13.78; κοῖλος ἄργυρος καὶ χ. silver and gold plate, Theopomp.Hist. 283a, cf. Luc.Nav.20; λευκὸς χ. white gold, i.e. gold alloyed with silver, opp. χ. ἄπεφθος refined gold, Hdt.1.50; χ. ἑψόμενος Pi.N.4.82; χρυσὸν καθαίρειν Pl.Plt.303d; βασανίζειν ἐν πυρί Id.R.413e.    2 gold, to express anything made of gold, e. g. golden armour or raiment, χρυσὸν . . ἔδυνε περὶ χροΐ, of Zeus, Il.8.43; of Poseidon, 13.25; τὸ ἐμὸν σῶμα μήτε ἐν χ. θῆτε . . X.Cyr.8.7.25; ἀραρότως σύνδεσμα χρυσὸς (a gold crown) εἶχε E.Med.1193; ἐν χρυσῷ πίνειν Luc.Merc. Cond.26.    3 freq. used by Poets to denote anything dear or precious, ταῦτα μὲν . . κρείσσονα χρυσοῦ . . φωνεῖς A.Ch.372 (anap.); ὁ χ. ἧσσον κτῆμα τοῦ κλάειν ἂν ἦν S.Fr.557; ὡς χρυσὸς αὐτῷ τἀμὰ . . κακὰ δόξει ποτ' εἶναι E.Tr.432, cf. D.H.Rh.9.4; cf. Pi.O.1.1, 3.42, Plu.Sert. 5: metaph. also, χρυσὸς ἐπῶν golden words, Ar.Pl.268; χρυσῷ πάττειν τινά Id.Nu.912 (anap.); ὗσαι χρυσόν τινι Pi.O.7.50. [ῡ] in χρυσός and all derivs., though Lyric Poets sts. made υ short in the Adj. χρύσεος (q.v.); once we have χρῠσός, Pi.N.7.78.] (Borrowed from Semitic, cf. Hebr. chārūts, Assyr. h<*>urāšu 'gold', Aram. hara 'yellow'.)