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χρηστός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χρηστός

Structure: χρηστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xra/omai의 분사형

Sense

  1. good, useful[1]

Examples

  • ὁπότε γὰρ ἀφεθείην ὑπὸ τῶν διδασκάλων, ἀποξέων ἂν τὸν κηρὸν ἢ βόασ ἢ ἵππουσ ἢ καὶ νὴ ἀνθρώπουσ ἀνέπλαττον, εἰκότασ,^ ὡσ ἐδόκουν τῷ πατρί ἐφ’ οἷσ παρὰ μὲν τῶν διδασκάλων πληγὰσ ἐλάμβανον, τότε δὲ ἔπαινοσ εἰσ τὴν εὐφυίαν καὶ ταῦτα ἦν, καὶ χρηστὰσ εἶχον ἐπ’ ἐμοὶ τὰσ ἐλπίδασ ὡσ ἐν βραχεῖ μαθήσομαι τὴν τέχνην, ἀπ’ ἐκείνησ γε τῆσ πλαστικῆσ. (Lucian, Somnium sive vita Luciani, (no name) 2:5)
  • οὐ γὰρ τούτων ἐπιθυμῶ, ἀλλ’ ὅσ’ ἐμαυτῷ στρεψοδικῆσαι καὶ τοὺσ χρήστασ διολισθεῖν. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Choral, anapests 1:27)
  • "ὑγιείασ μέροσ μέγιστον ὀσμὰσ ἐγκεφάλῳ χρηστὰσ ποιεῖν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 36 1:3)
  • μέγιστον ὀσμὰσ ἐγκεφάλῳ χρηστὰσ ποιεῖν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 24 4:1)
  • τούτουσ οὖν ὁρῶν ἐγὼ χρηστὰσ εἶχον εἰσ τοὐπιὸν τὰσ ἐλπίδασ· (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 31:5)

Synonyms

  1. good

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