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χρῆσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χρῆσις χρήσεως

Structure: χρησι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: xra/omai

Sense

  1. use, usage, employment
  2. utility, usefulness
  3. intimacy, relationship, sexual intercourse
  4. (grammar) use, example, quotation
  5. the response of an oracle
  6. loan

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ αὐτῶν γε τούτων ἀναστρέφων τὰσ χρήσεισ, ἵνα τὸ μὲν ὀνοματικὸν προσηγορικὸν γένηται, τὸ δὲ προσηγορικὸν ὀνοματικῶσ λέγηται, καὶ τὰ μὲν παθητικὰ ῥήματα δραστήρια, τὰ δὲ δραστήρια παθητικά· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Thucydidis idiomatibus (epistula ad Ammaeum), chapter 2 2:2)
  • τὰ δ’ εἰσ ξυλείαν εὔθετα μακρά, τοῖσ ἐπιθέτοισ τὰσ χρήσεισ διαστέλλων ἔνθα δένδρεα μακρὰ πεφύκει, κλήθρη τ’ αἴγειρὸσ τ’ ἐλάτη τ’ ἦν οὐρανομήκησ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 45 2:3)
  • καὶ νῦν μὲν τὸ ῥηματικὸν ὀνοματικῶσ ἐκφέρων, αὖθισ δὲ τοὔνομα ῥῆμα ποιῶν, καὶ αὐτῶν γε τούτων ἀναστρέφων τὰσ χρήσεισ, ἵνα τὸ μὲν ὀνοματικὸν προσηγορικὸν γένηται, τὸ δὲ προσηγορικὸν ὀνοματικῶσ λέγηται· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 24 1:4)
  • "καὶ περιήγοντο μὲν δύο καὶ τρεῖσ ἑταιρουμένουσ, αὐτοὶ δὲ τὰσ αὐτὰσ ἐκείνοισ χρήσεισ ἑτέροισ παρεῖχον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 776)
  • ἔνιαι δὲ χρήσεισ ἴδιαι τῶν ἀφελῶν εἰσι καὶ οὐκ ἂν μετήνεγκεσ οὐδαμῶσ εἰσ πολιτικὸν λόγον, ὡσ καὶ ἐνταῦθα τὸ ὑπερβαλλόντωσ ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸσ ἐγένετο. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , chapter 13 4:11)

Synonyms

  1. intimacy

  2. the response of an oracle

  3. loan

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