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|Definition=χρησίμη, χρήσιμον, also χρήσιμος, χρήσιμον [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''3.8.8, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 480b, ''R.''333b: ([[χράμαι]]):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[useful]], [[serviceable]], first in Thgn.406; εἰς ἀνάγκαν, ἔνθ' οὐ ποδὶ χρησίμῳ χρῆται [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''878 (lyr.); <b class="b3">τὸ χρήσιμον φρενῶν</b> the [[excellence]] of... E.''Ph.''1740 (lyr.); τὸ αὐτίκα χρήσιμον Th.3.56; ἡ διὰ τὸ χ. φιλία [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1159b13; τὰ χρήσιμα Men.''Mon.''579; <b class="b3">χρήσιμος εἴς τι</b> [[useful]] for something, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.109, Ar.''Pl.''493 (anap.), [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' l. c.; <b class="b3">ἐπί τι</b> Id.''Grg.'' l. c.; πρός τι E.''Hipp.''482 (Comp.); ἰδίᾳ ἑκάστῳ χ. καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ κοινοῦ ὠφέλιμα [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''6.2.34; τοῦτ' οὖν τί ἐστι χρήσιμον; Ar.''Nu.''202; <b class="b3">χρήσιμόν ἐστι</b>, c. inf., Id.''Av.''382 (troch.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> of persons, [[serviceable]], [[useful]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''410, D.20.7, etc.; Comp. χρησιμώτερος [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''819c: esp., like [[χρηστός]], a [[good]] and [[useful]] [[citizen]], χ. πόλει [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]''910; χρήσιμος [[πολίτης]] Eup.118; χ. τινι Is.''Fr.''16.1; ἐπί τι D.25.31; <b class="b3">τοὺς εὐπόρους δεῖ χ. αὑτοὺς παρέχειν τοῖς πολίταις</b> to show themselves [[useful]], [[serviceable]] to the state, Id.42.22, cf. E.''Supp.''887, Is.''Fr.''10.1 (Comp.); <b class="b3">τοῖς σώμασι χρησιμώτεροι</b> more [[able-bodied]], X.''Lac.''5.9; opp. <b class="b3">ἀργαλέος τὴν ὄψιν</b>, Aeschin.1.61.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[used]], [[made use of]], [[τέμενος]] χρησιμώτατον a [[much-frequented]] [[sanctuary]], dub. in [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.178.<br><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">χρησίμη διαθήκη</b> an [[available]] (i.e. [[authentic]]) will, Is.6.30.<br><span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">νομίσματα οὐ χρήσιμα ἔξω</b> [[money]] [[that]] [[will]] not [[pass]] [[abroad]], X.''Vect.''3.2.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Adv., [[χρησίμως ἔχειν]] to [[be serviceable]], Th.3.44, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.5.9; <b class="b3">χ. τινὶ σωθῆναι</b> with [[advantage]] to him, Th.5.91, cf. J.''BJ''6.2.9; τὰ [[χρησίμως]] λεγόμενα Plu. 2.36d.