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|mdlsjtxt=[[χρηστός]], ή, όν verb. adj. of [[χράομαι]] like [[χρήσιμος]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[useful]], [[good]] of its [[kind]], [[serviceable]], τινι Hdt., Eur.; of victims and omens, [[boding]] [[good]], [[auspicious]], Hdt.; τελευτὴ χρηστή a [[happy]] end or [[issue]], Hdt.:— τὰ χρηστά, as Subst., [[good]] services, benefits, kindnesses, Hdt.; χρηστὰ συμβουλεύειν Ar.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> in [[moral]] [[sense]], [[good]], opp. to [[μοχθηρός]], Plat.; τὸ χρηστόν, opp. to τὸ αἰσχρόν, Soph.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> of men, [[good]], a [[good]] man and true; [[generally]], [[good]], [[honest]], [[worthy]], [[trusty]], Hdt., Soph., etc.;—also like [[χρήσιμος]], of [[good]] citizens, [[useful]], [[deserving]], Ar., Thuc., etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> οἱ χρηστοί, like οἱ ἀγαθοί, Lat. optimates, Xen.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> of the gods, [[kind]], [[propitious]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> [[good]], [[mild]], [[kind]], [[kindly]], NTest.:—in bad [[sense]], [[simple]], [[silly]], like [[εὐήθης]], Ar., Plat.; ὦ χρηστέ Dem.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> adv. -τῶς, well, [[properly]], Hdt.

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