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χρηστικός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χρηστικός χρηστική χρηστικόν

Structure: χρηστικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xra/omai

Sense

  1. knowing how to use, understanding the use of a
  2. useful, serviceable

Examples

  • ἐπεὶ μὴ ἐδύνατο ἔχειν ἀεὶ τὸν ἐλέγχοντα αὐτοῦ τὰ δόγματα ἢ ἐλεγχθησόμενον ἐν τῷ μέρει, αὐτὸσ ἑαυτὸν ἤλεγχεν καὶ ἐξήταζεν καὶ ἀεὶ μίαν γέ τινα πρόληψιν ἐγύμναζεν χρηστικῶσ. (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 32:5)
  • καὶ τούτουσ τοὺσ στίχουσ κατέχειν χρηστικῶσ, οὐχ ἵνα δι’ αὐτῶν ἀναφωνῶμεν, ὡσ διὰ τοῦ Παιὰν Ἄπολλον. (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 3:6)

Synonyms

  1. knowing how to use

  2. useful

Related

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

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