χρηστός

χρηστός, ή, όν, ([etym.] χράομαι) of things,

A like χρήσιμος, useful, good of its kind, serviceable,

[τόξα] χρηστὰ οὐδέν Hdt.3.78

; [

ἀτραπὸς] οὐδὲν χ. τισι Id.7.215

;

χ. ἐπίπλοα Id.1.94

; [γῆ] E.Hec.594; οἰκία, opp. μοχθηρά, Pl.Grg.504a; ἡ χ. μέλιττα, opp. οἱ κηφῆνες, Arist.HA 624b23: freq. of wholesome food,

μελίτωμα Batr.39

; ποτόν, σῖτος, Pl.R.438a;

περὶ τὸ σῶμα Pl.Prt.313d

: c. gen., for a thing, νεύρων for the sinews, Ael.NA14.21;

ῥάφανος Alex.15.8

;

ὄψον Antiph.242

, etc. (but pleasant to taste, nice, Thphr.Char.2.10): generally,

πολιτεία Isoc.12.135

;

βίος Aeschin.1.179

; of victims and omens, auspicious, ἱρά, σφάγια, Hdt.5.44, 9.61,62; τελευτὴ χ. a happy end or issue, Id.7.157;

εἰ . . τοῦτό γε δοκέει ὑμῖν εἶναι χρηστόν Id.5.92

.ά: pl., τὰ χ., as Subst., benefits, kindnesses, Id.1.41, 42;

χρηστὰ φέρειν Id.4.139

; χρηστόν τι συμβουλεύειν, χρηστὰ ἐπιτηδεύειν, Ar.Nu.793, Antipho 3.3.9; χρηστὰ λέγειν, πράττειν, etc., Men. 725,787, etc.: but τὰ χ. also, happy event,

ἐκτελοῖτο δὴ τὰ χ. A.Pers. 228

(troch.); prosperity, success,

τὰ χ. δ' αὔθ' ἕκαστ' ἔχει φίλους E.Hec.1227

.

2 in moral sense, opp. κακός, Eup. in PSI11.1213.2; opp. πονηρός, Pl.Prt.313d; τὸ χ., opp. τὸ αἰσχρόν, S.Ph. 476; χρηστός, opp. λυπρός, E.Med.601: but λῦπαι χρησταί if working for good, Pl.Grg.499e.

3 good for its purpose, effective (even for evil), τραῦμα, δῆγμα, Luc.Symp.44, Alex.55.

4 Gramm., in use, current,

ποιηταῖς χρηστά Eust.215.8

.

II of persons, good, esp. in war, valiant, true, Hdt.5.109, 6.13, S.Ph.437, etc.: generally, good, honest, worthy, Id.OT610;

οἰκέται X.Oec.9.5

; of women,

ἐρεῖ τις ὡς Κλυταιμνήστρα κακή· Ἄλκηστιν ἀντέθηκα χρηστήν Eub. 117.11

, cf. Men.Mon.634; of good citizens, useful, deserving, D.20.7: c. acc. cogn.,

ἃ χρηστοὶ ἐγένεσθε Th.3.64

;

χ. περὶ τὴν πόλιν γεγενημένος Lys.14.31

;

χ. καὶ φιλόπολις Ar.Pl.900

; collectively,

ὀλίγον τὸ χ. Id.Ra.783

; but also ironically,

ὁ χ. οὑτοσί Id.Nu. 8

;

οἱ χ. πρέσβεις οὗτοι D.18.30

, cf. 89;

ἐκλελάκτικεν ὁ χ. ἡμῖν μοιχός Men.16

.

b freq. on Epitaphs, IG3.3149,3155, al.

c c. inf.,

ὅσοι προβατεύειν χ. Him.Or.14.32

.

2 οἱ χρηστοί, like οἱ ἀγαθοί, those of good family, X.Ath.1.4,6.

3 of the gods, propitious, merciful, bestowing health or wealth,

θεῶν χρηστῶν ἥκειν εὖ Hdt.8.111

, cf. M.Ant.9.11.

4 of men, good, kindly,

δούλῳ . . χ. γενόμενός ἐστι δεσπότης πατρίς Antiph.265

;

ὡς ἡδὺ δούλῳ δεσπότου χρηστοῦ τυχεῖν Men.Mon.556

, cf. Philem.227;

ὁ χ., ὡς ἔοικε, καὶ χρηστοὺς ποιεῖ Men.203b

, cf. Plu.Phoc.10;

χ. περί τινα D.59.2

;

ἐπί τινας Ev.Luc.6.35

;

εἰς ἀλλήλους Ep.Eph.4.32

.

b sts. simple, silly, like εὐήθης, χρηστὸς εἶ ὅτι ἡγῇ . . , you're a nice fellow, to think that . . , Pl.Phdr.264b, cf. Tht.161a;

ὦ χρηστέ D.18.318

.

5 of a man, strong, able in body for sexual intercourse, = γυναικὶ χρῆσθαι δυνάμενος, Hp.Genit.2.

6 of the dead, whence χρηστὸν ποιεῖν = ἀποκτιννύναι, in a treaty between the Spartans and Tegea, Arist.Fr. 592.

III Adv.

-τῶς

well, properly,

Hdt.4.117

, Hp.Art.32;

χ. ἔχειν Ar.Ec.219

;

σκευάσαι χ. τοὖψον Alex.149.6

.: ironically,

χ. τὴν πατρίδα ἐπετρόπευσας Hdt.3.36

.