χρήσιμος
chresimos
useful, serviceable
Appears 413 times across Aristotle's works.
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Topics 74 ▸
Open Topics › Book I 12 ▸
Book II 17 ▸
Book III 13 ▸
Book IV 6 ▸
Book V 5 ▸
Book VI 4 ▸
Book VII 6 ▸
Book VIII 11 ▸
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Politics 59 ▸
Open Politics › Book I 11 ▸
Chapter 9 1256b40–1258a18
Chapter 11 1258b9–1259a36
Chapter 13 1259b18–1260b24
Book II 10 ▸
Chapter 2 1261a10–1261b15
Chapter 4 1262a25–1262b36
Chapter 5 1262b37–1264b25
Chapter 6 1264b26–1266a30
Chapter 8 1267b22–1269a28
Chapter 9 1269a29–1271b19
Chapter 12 1273b27–1274b28
Book III 2 ▸
Chapter 11 1281a39–1282b13
Book IV 2 ▸
Chapter 1 1288b10–1289a25
Chapter 15 1299a3–1300b12
Book V 2 ▸
Chapter 8 1307b26–1309a32
Chapter 11 1313a15–1315b10
Book VI 6 ▸
Chapter 1 1316b31–1317a39
Book VII 13 ▸
Chapter 10 1329a40–1330a33
Chapter 11 1330a34–1331a18
Chapter 14 1332b12–1334a10
Chapter 15 1334a11–1334b28
Chapter 16 1334b29–1336a2
Book VIII 13 ▸
Chapter 2 1337a33–1337b23
Chapter 5 1339a11–1340b19
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Parts of Animals 58 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 56 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics › Book I 4 ▸
Chapter 5 1215b15–1216b25
Book III 2 ▸
Chapter 1 1228a23–1230a33
Chapter 5 1232a19–1233a30
Book VII 50 ▸
Chapter 1 1234b18–1235b12
Chapter 2 1235b13–1238b14
Chapter 7 1240b38–1241a33
Chapter 10 1242a1–1243b38
Chapter 12 1244b1–1246a25
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Nicomachean Ethics 49 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics › Book I 4 ▸
Chapter 5 1095b14–1096a10
Chapter 6 1096a11–1097a14
Book III 1 ▸
Book IV 1 ▸
Chapter 1 1119b22–1122a17
Book VI 2 ▸
Chapter 12 1143b18–1144a36
Book VIII 31 ▸
Chapter 8 1159a12–1159b24
Chapter 12 1161b11–1162a33
Chapter 13 1162a34–1163a23
Book IX 9 ▸
Chapter 1 1163b32–1164b21
Chapter 3 1165a36–1165b36
Chapter 5 1166b30–1167a21
Chapter 7 1167b17–1168a27
Chapter 11 1171a21–1171b28
Book X 1 ▸
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Rhetoric 35 ▸
Open Rhetoric › Book I 20 ▸
Chapter 9 1366a23–1368a37
Chapter 15 1375a22–1378a15
Book II 9 ▸
Chapter 20 1393a23–1394a18
Chapter 21 1394a19–1395b20
Chapter 22 1395b21–1397a6
Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33
Chapter 24 1400b34–1402a28
Book III 6 ▸
Chapter 3 1405b35–1406b19
Chapter 4 1406b20–1407a18
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Generation of Animals 20 ▸
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History of Animals 12 ▸
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Progression of Animals 9 ▸
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Metaphysics 6 ▸
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Book Δ 1 ▸
Chapter 3 1014a26–1014b15
Book Ζ 1 ▸
Book Θ 1 ▸
Chapter 1 1045b27–1046a35
Book Κ 1 ▸
Chapter 3 1060b31–1061b16
Book Ν 1 ▸
Chapter 2 1088b14–1090a15
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 6 ▸
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Oeconomica 6 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 4 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 3 ▸
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Physics 3 ▸
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Prior Analytics 2 ▸
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Mechanica 2 ▸
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Meteorology 2 ▸
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On the Heavens 1 ▸
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De Anima 1 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 1 ▸
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De Lineis Insecabilibus 1 ▸
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Physiognomonics 1 ▸
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Poetics 1 ▸
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De Virtutibus et Vitiis 1 ▸
Dictionary (LSJ)
χρήσιμος, η, ον, also ος, ον X. Mem. 3.8.8, Pl. Grg. 480b, R. 333b: (χράμαι):—A. useful, serviceable, first in Thgn. 406; εἰς ἀνάγκαν, ἔνθʼ οὐ ποδὶ χρησίμῳ χρῆται S. OT 878 (lyr.); τὸ χ. φρενῶν the excellence of . . , E. Ph. 1740 (lyr.); τὸ αὐτίκα χ. Th. 3.56; ἡ διὰ τὸ χ. φιλία Arist. EN 1159b13; τὰ χ. Men. Mon. 579; χ. εἴς τι useful for something, Hdt. 4.109, Ar. Pl. 493 (anap.), Pl. R.l. c.; ἐπί τι Id.Grg. l. c.; πρός τι E. Hipp. 482 (Comp.); ἰδίᾳ ἑκάστῳ χ. καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ κοινοῦ ὠφέλιμα X. Cyr. 6.2.34; τοῦτʼ οὖν τί ἐστι χρήσιμον; Ar. Nu. 202; χρήσιμόν ἐστι, c. inf., Id. Av. 382 (troch.). 2. of persons, serviceable, useful, S. Aj. 410, D. 20.7, etc.; Comp. -ώτερος Pl. Lg. 819c: esp., like χρηστός, a good and useful citizen, χ. πόλει E. Or. 910; χ. πολίτης Eup. 118; χ. τινι Is. Fr. 16.1; ἐπί τι D. 25.31; τοὺς εὐπόρους δεῖ χ. αὑτοὺς παρέχειν τοῖς πολίταις to show themselves useful, serviceable to the state, Id. 42.22, cf. E. Supp. 887, Is. Fr. 10.1 (Comp.); τοῖς σώμασι -ώτεροι more able-bodied, X. Lac. 5.9; opp. ἀργαλέος τὴν ὄψιν, Aeschin. 1.61. 3. used, made use of, τέμενος -ώτατον a muchfrequented sanctuary, dub. in Hdt. 2.178. 4. χρησίμη διαθήκη an available (i.e. authentic) will, Is. 6.30. 5. νομίσματα οὐ χρήσιμα ἔξω money that will not pass abroad, X. Vect. 3.2. II. Adv., -μως ἔχειν to be serviceable, Th. 3.44, X. Cyr. 8.5.9; χ. τινὶ σωθῆναι with advantage to him, Th. 5.91, cf. J. BJ 6.2.9; τὰ -μως λεγόμενα Plu. 2.36d.
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