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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 γὰρ κεραμεὺσ ἁπαλὴν γῆν θλίβων ἐπίμοχθον πλάσσει πρὸσ ὑπηρεσίαν ἡμῶν ἓν ἕκαστον. ἀλλ̓ ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ πηλοῦ ἀνεπλάσατο τά τε τῶν καθαρῶν ἔργων δοῦλα σκεύη τά τε ἐναντία, πάνθ̓ ὁμοίωσ. τούτων δὲ ἑκατέρου τίσ ἑκάστῳ ἐστὶν ἡ χρῆσισ, κριτὴσ ὁ πηλουργόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 15:7)
  • ὅτι καὶ πάντα εἴδωλα τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐλογίσαντο θεούσ, οἷσ οὔτε ὀμμάτων χρῆσισ εἰσ ὅρασιν οὔτε ρῖνεσ εἰσ συνολκὴν ἀέροσ οὔτε ὦτα ἀκούειν οὔτε δάκτυλοι χειρῶν εἰσ ψηλάφησιν, καὶ οἱ πόδεσ αὐτῶν ἀργοὶ πρὸσ ἐπίβασιν. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 15:15)
  • τί ἄνθωποσ καὶ τί ἡ χρῆσισ αὐτοῦ̣ τί τὸ ἀγαθὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ τί τὸ κακὸν αὐτοῦ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 18:8)
  • ὅταν δὲ μὴ κατ’ ἀνάγκην ἀλλ’ ἐπ’ ἐξουσίασ αὐτόσ τισ ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ δοκιμάσασ ἀναλάβῃ, τίσ ἔτι μηχανὴ μεταβάλλεσθαι, ἢ τίσ ἔτι χρῆσισ ὑπόλοιποσ τοῦ νόμου ; (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 10:1)
  • ἀλλὰ τῶν τοιούτων καὶ τηλικούτων ἃ θεοὶ χαρίζονται δώρων καὶ ἀγαθῶν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀπόλαυσισ οὐδὲ χρῆσισ ὀρθὴ δίχα νόμου καὶ δίκησ καὶ ἄρχοντοσ. (Plutarch, Ad principem ineruditum, chapter, section 3 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. intimacy

  2. the response of an oracle

  3. loan

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