χρηματισμός

χρημᾰτ-ισμός, ὁ,

A negotiation, giving audience to ambassadors, Plb.28.16.10 (pl.); ἐποιεῖτο τὸν χ. καὶ τοὺς λόγους ib.16.4, cf. Vett.Val.63.20(pl.).

2 decree or ordinance, made by a sovereign or some public authority, D.S.1.64,70 (but χ. στρατηγῶν business introduced by the generals, Decr.Del. ap. J.AJ14.10.14); decision on a case or petition, UPZ25.2 (ii B. C.), OGI139.18(pl., Philae, ii B. C.), etc.

3 administration of justice by χρηματισταί, PCair.Zen.513 (iii B. C.).

4 any public instrument or document, D.S.14.13, Supp.Epigr.3.367.34 (Lebad., ii B.C.), LXX 2 Ma.11.17; public records, PEnteux.22.9 (iii B. C.), PPar.65.15 (ii B. C.), Chron.Lind.A.7 (pl.), Supp.Epigr.3.674.32 (Rhodes, ii B. C.).

b generally, deed, legal instrument, Arch.Pap.4.130iii 41 (ii A. D.), etc.; δημόσιος χ. notarial instrument, Mitteis Chr.200.9 (iii A. D.), etc.: pl., ib.192.35 (Edict of Mettius Rufus, i A. D.); τῶν δούλων τοὺς χ. the title-deeds referring to the slaves, PUniv.Giss.20.8 (ii A. D.).

5 oracular response, divine injunction or warning, LXX 2.Ma.2.4, Ep.Rom.11.4, Artem.1.2, Vett.Val.1.7, PMag.Par.1.2206.

II (from [voice] Med.) doing business for one's own gain, money-making, freq. in Pl.,

ἀμελήσας χρηματις μοῦ καὶ οἰκονομίας Ap.36b

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ἰάτρευσις καὶ ὁ ἄλλος χ. R. 357c

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χ. διὰ βαναυσίας καὶ τόκων Lg.743d

; ὁ ἐκ γῆς χ. ib. 949e: pl., R.465c, Lg.741e, Isoc.3.50;

χρηματισμός, οὐ λῃτουργία γέγονεν ἡ τριηραρχία D.21.167

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III later, appellation, title, designation, SIG739.2 (Delph., i B. C.), D.L.1.48 (pl.); use of a name or designation, Arch.Pap.4.122v7 (ii A. D.); simply, name, Dosith.p.382K.

IV 'affair', χ. εὔχρηστος (of σπάργανα) Sor.1.111 (sed leg. σχημ-.)