χρηστολογία
ἀσκεῖν περὶ τὰ νοσήματα δύο, ὠφελεῖν ἢ μὴ βλάπτειν → strive, with regard to diseases, for two things — to do good, or to do no harm | as to diseases, make a habit of two things — to help, or at least, to do no harm
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A fair speaking, in bad sense, Ep.Rom.16.18.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1376] ἡ, Rede eines guten Menschen, gute, edle Sprache, Ggstz des Handelns, N. T.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
χρηστολογία: ἡ, καλὴ ὁμιλία, τὸ χρηστὰ λέγειν, ἐπὶ κακῆς σημασίας, δηλ. λέγειν χρηστοὺς λόγους πρὸς ἀπάτην, διὰ χρηστολογίας ἐξαπατῶσι τὰς καρδίας τῶν ἀκάκων Ἐπιστ. πρὸς Ρωμ. ιϚ΄, 48, Ἰω. Χρυσ. ἐν τῇ πρὸς Κορινθ. α΄ Ἐπιστ. σ. 106· - ὡσαύτως ἐπὶ καλῆς σημασίας, Ἐκκλ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ας (ἡ) :
langage honnête (en apparence) ; en mauv. part langage spécieux ou séduisant.
Étymologie: χρηστολόγος.
English (Strong)
from a compound of χρηστός and λέγω; fair speech, i.e. plausibility: good words.
English (Thayer)
χρηστολογίας, ἡ (from χρηστολόγος, and this from χρηστός, which see, and λέγω; cf. Julius Capitolinus in the life of Pertinax c. 13 "Omnes, qui libere fabulas conferebant, male Pertinaci loquebantur, χρηστολογον eum appellantes, qui bene loqueretur et male faceret), fair speaking, the smooth and plausible address which simulates goodness": Eustathius, p. 1437,27 (on Iliad 23,598); ecclesiastical writings.)
