χρυσός: Difference between revisions

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