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|Definition=ον, (χράομαι) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">hard to use, inconvenient</b>, opp. <b class="b3">εὔχρηστος</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>2.54</span>, cf. Sch.Il.<span class="title">Oxy.</span>221 vii 14; ἱππικὸν στράτευμα ἐν νυκτὶ… δ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.3.26</span>; [[intractable]], κύνες <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>3.11</span>; of troops, <span class="bibl">Plb.4.11.8</span> (Sup.); <b class="b3">δ. ἐξουσία</b> <b class="b2">hard to use well</b>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.8.103</span>; <b class="b3">δύσχρηστα</b> [[inconveniences]], <span class="bibl">Cic. <span class="title">Att.</span>7.5.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.S.4.8</span>. Adv. -τως<b class="b3">, διακεῖσθαι</b> to be [[in difficulties]], [[unmanageable]], of ships, <span class="bibl">Plb.1.61.4</span>; of troops, ἀπαλλάττειν <span class="bibl">Id.4.64.7</span>; δ. ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Aem.</span>19</span>:—synon. for <b class="b3">οὐ χρησίμως</b>, <span class="bibl">Str.17.2.4</span>.</span>