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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

  • κἀγὼ κιχρῶ αὐτὸν τῷ Κυρίῳ πάσασ τὰσ ἡμέρασ, ἃσ ζῇ αὐτόσ, χρῆσιν τῷ Κυρίῳ. Καὶ εἶπεν. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 1:28)
  • καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τετάρτῃ, ἐποίησεν Ὀλοφέρνησ πότον τοῖσ δούλοισ αὐτοῦ μόνοισ καὶ οὐκ ἐκάλεσεν εἰσ τὴν χρῆσιν οὐδένα τῶν πρὸσ ταῖσ χρείαισ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 12:10)
  • ἔλαβον χρῆσιν τῶν πέντε τοῦ Κυρίου ἐνεργημάτων, ἕκτον δὲ νοῦν αὐτοῖσ ἐδωρήσατο μερίζων καὶ τὸν ἕβδομον λόγον ἑρμηνέα τῶν ἐνεργημάτων αὐτοῦ]. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 17:5)
  • πᾶσαν μὲν ἱστορίαν οἶσθα, πάσασ δὲ λόγων τέχνασ καὶ κάλλη αὐτῶν καὶ κακίασ καὶ ὀνομάτων χρῆσιν τῶν Ἀττικῶν πάνσοφόν τι χρῆμα καὶ ἄκρον ἐν παιδείᾳ γεγένησαι διὰ τὸ πλῆθοσ τῶν βιβλίων. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 26:4)
  • καὶ γὰρ ἐφόδοισ χρῆται καὶ προκατασκευαῖσ καὶ μερισμοῖσ τεχνικωτέροισ καὶ τίθησιν ἐν οἷσ δίδωσι χρῆσιν ἕκαστον καὶ μέχρι πολλοῦ προάγει τὰσ τῶν ἐπιχειρημάτων ἐξεργασίασ σχημάτων τε μεταβολαῖσ ἐναγωνίων καὶ παθητικῶν ποικίλλει τοὺσ λόγουσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 3 1:6)

Synonyms

  1. intimacy

  2. the response of an oracle

  3. loan

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