χρῆσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χρᾰ́ω (khrắō, “I use, lend, declare”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χρῆσῐς • (khrêsĭs) f (genitive χρήσεως); third declension

  1. use, usage, employment
  2. utility, usefulness
  3. intimacy, relationship, sexual intercourse
  4. (grammar) use, example, quotation
  5. the response of an oracle
  6. loan

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ χρῆσῐς; τῆς χρήσεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ χρῆσῐς
hē khrêsĭs 		τὼ χρήσει
tṑ khrḗsei 		αἱ χρήσεις
hai khrḗseis
Genitive τῆς χρήσεως
tês khrḗseōs 		τοῖν χρησέοιν
toîn khrēséoin 		τῶν χρήσεων
tôn khrḗseōn
Dative τῇ χρήσει
tēî khrḗsei 		τοῖν χρησέοιν
toîn khrēséoin 		ταῖς χρήσεσῐ / χρήσεσῐν
taîs khrḗsesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν χρῆσῐν
tḕn khrêsĭn 		τὼ χρήσει
tṑ khrḗsei 		τᾱ̀ς χρήσεις
tā̀s khrḗseis
Vocative χρῆσῐ
khrêsĭ 		χρήσει
khrḗsei 		χρήσεις
khrḗseis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • ⇒ Greek: χρήση (chrísi)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χρή (> DER > 7. χρῆσις)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1648-9

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