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χρήσιμος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χρήσιμος χρήσιμη χρήσιμον

Structure: χρησιμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xra/omai

Sense

  1. useful, serviceable, good for use, good, apt or fit, advantage, useful, useful for
  2. serviceable, useful, serviceable
  3. much-used
  4. that will not pass
  5. serviceable, with advantage

Examples

  • "τοσαύτη δὲ ἐγένετο σπουδὴ περὶ τὸ ἐπιτήδευμα ὥστε εἰσ τὰ συμπόσια παρεισφέρειν ἆθλα κοτταβεῖα καλούμενα, εἶτα κύλικεσ αἱ πρὸσ τὸ πρᾶγμα χρήσιμαι μάλιστ’ εἶναι δοκοῦσαι κατεσκευάζοντο, καλούμεναι κοτταβίδεσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 58 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. serviceable

  2. much-used

  3. that will not pass

  4. serviceable

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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