χρῆσις
οὐκ ἐν τῷ πολλῷ τὸ εὖ, ἀλλ' ἐν τῷ εὖ τὸ πολύ → good is not found in plenty but plenty in good, quality matters more than quantity
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, (χράομαι) Iemployment, use made of a thing, ἀνέμων Pi.O.11(10).2; χρημάτων Democr.282; οἰκίας Pl.Erx.394d, cf. SIG987.33 (Chios, iv B. C.); τὴν κατ' ἀξίαν χ. ποιοῦνται ἑκάστῳ (fort. leg. ἑκάστου) Iamb.Protr.5; use, practice, Hp.VM4; in pl., uses, advantages, Pi.N.1.30; αἱ ἐς τὰ πολεμικὰ χ. the uses of war, X.Cyr. 8.5.7; αἱ πολιτικαὶ χ. Arist.Pol.1267a23; opp. κτῆσις, Pl.Mx.238b, Arist.EN1098b32, Cic.Fam.7.29.1; opp. πώλησις, X.Oec.3.9. 2 usefulness, Th.7.5; opp. ἀχρηστία, Pl.R.333d; ἐς χρῆσιν κρατύνεσθαι so as to become useful, Hp.Art.27; ἔχειν χρῆσιν to be useful, D.11.8. 3 intimacy, acquaintance, ἡ οἰκειότης καὶ ἡ χ. [τῆς πόλεως] Isoc. Ep.2.14; ἡ χ. ἡ πρὸς ἀλλήλους Arist.Pol.1280a36; αἱ οἴκοι χρήσεις Isoc.19.11; ἡ τῶν ἀφροδισίων χ. Pl.Lg.841a, Arist.HA581b13, cf. Pol. 1262a34 (pl.), Ep.Rom.1.26; τὰ ἐν χρήσει familiar objects, Plot.4.4.37. 4 Gramm., usage, of words, ἡ ἐξαλλαγὴ τῆς συνήθους χ. D.H.Amm.2.3; ἀναστρέφων τὰς χ. ib.2, cf. A.D.Synt.119.24, al.; ἡ Πλάτωνος χ. Id.Pron.72.18; in concrete sense, example of a word or use, πυκνῶς αἱ χ. παρὰ Αἰολεῦσιν ib.66.3; passage cited, f. l. for κρίσει in D.H.Rh.4.3; indicated by the symbol <*>, Anon.Oxy.1611.56 (iii A. D.); <*> Ἀριστοφάνους (referring to Av.1181) An.Ox.2.452. II (χράω (B) A), oracular response, ἀπὸ κείνου χρήσιος at his bidding, Pi.O.13.76. III (χράω (B) B), lending, loan, Arist.EN 1131a4, Plb.31.23.4, Ps.-Phoc.106.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1375] ἡ, 1) Gebrauch, Benutzung; ὅπλων κτῆσιν καὶ χρῆσιν διδαξόμενοι Plat. Menex. 238 b; ἡ δικαιοσύνη ἐν μὲν χρήσει ἄχρηστος, ἐν δὲ ἀχρηστίᾳ χρήσιμος Rep. I, 333 b; τῆς ἵππου οὐδεμία χρῆσις ἦν, man konnte von der Reiterei keinen Gebrauch machen, Thuc. 7, 5; αἱ ἐς τὰ πολεμικὰ χρήσεις Xen. Cyr. 8, 5,7; ἐν μὲν προσθήκης μέρει ῥοπήν τινα ἔχει καὶ χρῆσιν, Nutzen, Dem. 11, 8; Brauchbarkeit, ἀνέμων πλείστα χρῆσις ἀνθρώποις Pind. Ol. 11, 2, vgl. N. 1, 30. – Der Umgang, neben οἰκειότης, Isocr. ep. 2, 4; αἱ οἴκοι χρήσεις 19, 11, vom Umgange mit einer Frau, der Beischlaf. – Bei den Gramm. Beweisstelle eines Schriftstellers, bes. zur Feststellung des Sprachgebrauchs. – 2) das Orakel, Pind. Ol. 13, 73. – 3) das Leihen, Pol. 32, 9,4.
