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χρήστης

First declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χρήστης χρήστου

Structure: χρηστ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: gen. pl. xrh/stwn (not xrhstw=n, to distinguish it from the gen. pl. of xrhsto/s.)

Sense

  1. a creditor, usurer, dun
  2. a debtor

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative χρήστης χρήστᾱ χρῆσται
Genitive χρήστου χρήσταιν χρηστῶν
Dative χρήστῃ χρήσταιν χρήσταις
Accusative χρήστην χρήστᾱ χρήστᾱς
Vocative χρῆστα χρήστᾱ χρῆσται

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

  • ὁ κάλαθοσ ὁ εἷσ σύκων χρηστῶν σφόδρα, ὡσ τὰ σύκα τὰ πρώϊμα, καὶ ὁ κάλαθοσ ὁ ἕτεροσ σύκων πονηρῶν σφόδρα, ἃ οὐ βρωθήσεται ἀπὸ πονηρίασ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 24:2)
  • ἔμποροι Σαββὰ καὶ Ραγμά, οὗτοι ἔμποροί σου μετὰ πρώτων ἡδυσμάτων καὶ λίθων χρηστῶν καὶ χρυσὸν ἔδωκαν τὴν ἀγοράν σου. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 27:22)
  • βροτοῖσιν ὡσ τὰ χρηστὰ πράγματα χρηστῶν ἀφορμὰσ ἐνδίδωσ’ ἀεὶ λόγων. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, lyric 7:16)
  • ἀντὶ γὰρ χρηστῶν λόγων ξενίων κυρήσεθ’, οἷ’ ἐμὸσ κεύθει δόμοσ. (Euripides, episode 4:22)
  • δῆλον ὅτι τῶν χρηστῶν τισ, ὡσ ἐοίκασ, εἶ. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode19)

Synonyms

  1. a debtor

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

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