χρηματισμός

chrematismos

negotiation, giving audience to ambassadors

Appears 10 times across Aristotle's works.

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Politics 4
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Book I 3
Chapter 9 1256b40–1258a18

1258a5

Chapter 10 1258a19–1258b8

1258b8

Chapter 11 1258b9–1259a36

1259a34
Book VIII 1
Chapter 3 1337b24–1338b8

1338a16
Eudemian Ethics 3
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Book I 1
Chapter 4 1215a20–1215b14

1215a29
Book III 2
Chapter 4 1231b27–1232a18

1232a7
1232a8
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 12 1152b25–1153a35

1153a18
Oeconomica 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 2 1346a32–1353b27

1353b14
Sophistical Refutations 1
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Chapter 11 171b3–172b8

171b27

Dictionary (LSJ)

χρηματισμός, 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. AJ 14.10.14); decision on a case or petition, UPZ 25.2 (ii B. C.), OGI 139.18(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 Med.) doing business for oneʼs own gain, money-making, freq. in Pl., ἀμελήσας χρηματις μοῦ καὶ οἰκονομίας Ap. 36b; ἰάτρευσις καὶ ὁ ἄλλος χ. R. 357c; 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. III. later, appellation, title, designation, SIG 739.2 (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-.)

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