χρυσός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[gold]], τιμῆς <span class="bibl">Il.18.475</span>, etc.; coupled with other precious things, e.g. <b class="b3">χαλκός, σίδηρος</b>, <span class="bibl">6.48</span>; <b class="b3">ἐσθής</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.5.38</span>; <b class="b3">χρυσὸν κέρασιν περιχεύας</b> (of a victim) <span class="bibl">Il.10.294</span> = <span class="bibl">Od.3.384</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">437</span>; ὡς δ' ὅτε τις χρυσὸν περιχεύεται ἀργύρῳ <span class="bibl">6.232</span>; χ. δαμασίφρων <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span> 13.78</span>; <b class="b3">κοῖλος ἄργυρος καὶ χ</b>. silver and [[gold]] plate, <span class="bibl">Theopomp.Hist. 283a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nav.</span>20</span>; <b class="b3">λευκὸς χ</b>. white [[gold]], i.e. gold alloyed with silver, opp. <b class="b3">χ. ἄπεφθος</b> refined [[gold]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.50</span>; χ. ἑψόμενος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>4.82</span>; χρυσὸν καθαίρειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>303d</span>; βασανίζειν ἐν πυρί <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>413e</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[gold]], to express anything made of gold, e. g. [[golden]] armour or raiment, <b class="b3">χρυσὸν . . ἔδυνε περὶ χροΐ</b>, of Zeus, <span class="bibl">Il.8.43</span>; of Poseidon, <span class="bibl">13.25</span>; τὸ ἐμὸν σῶμα μήτε ἐν χ. θῆτε . . <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.7.25</span>; <b class="b3">ἀραρότως σύνδεσμα χρυσὸς</b> (a gold crown) εἶχε <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1193</span>; ἐν χρυσῷ πίνειν Luc.<span class="title">Merc. Cond.</span>26. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> freq. used by Poets to denote [[anything dear]] or [[precious]], ταῦτα μὲν . . κρείσσονα χρυσοῦ . . φωνεῖς <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>372</span> (anap.); ὁ χ. ἧσσον κτῆμα τοῦ κλάειν ἂν ἦν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>557</span>; ὡς χρυσὸς αὐτῷ τἀμὰ . . κακὰ δόξει ποτ' εἶναι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>432</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Rh.</span>9.4</span>; cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.1</span>, <span class="bibl">3.42</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sert.</span> 5</span>: metaph. also, <b class="b3">χρυσὸς ἐπῶν</b> [[golden]] words, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>268</span>; χρυσῷ πάττειν τινά <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Nu.</span>912</span> (anap.); ὗσαι χρυσόν τινι <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.50</span>. [ῡ] in <b class="b3">χρυσός</b> and all derivs., though Lyric Poets sts. made υ short in the Adj. <b class="b3">χρύσεος</b> (q.v.); once we have <b class="b3">χρῠσός</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>7.78</span>.] (Borrowed from Semitic, cf. Hebr. [[chārūts]], Assyr. <span class="hiitalic">h&lt;*&gt;urāšu</span> 'gold', Aram. [[hara]] 'yellow'.)</span>