χρηματίζω
chrematizo
negotiate, have dealings
Appears 13 times across Plato's dialogues.
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χρηματίζω, fut. -ίσω Ep.Rom. 7.3, Att. χρημᾰτ-ιῶ 37: pf. κεχρημάτικα 1.103, OGI 106.7 (Egypt, ii B. C.): (χρῆμα):—A. Prose Verb, negotiate, have dealings, esp. in money matters (in this sense mostly Med. (v. infr. II)), 1.87, 5.61, 5.81.5; χ. τι 6.62, 4.157, Them. 18. 2. of public assemblies, deliberate, περὶ Εὐριπίδου ὅ τι χρὴ παθεῖν Th. 377, cf. Pol. 1298b29, Rh. 1359b3, Lex ap. 21.8; τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν δημοσίων Tim. 38; περὶ ὧν ἂν ἅπαξ γνῷ τὸ δικαστήριον, πάλινχρηματίσαι 24.55; of presiding officers, conduct business, Decr. ap. 18.75, cf. 1.23; of the βουλή, 18.169; ὅσα δεῖ χρηματίσαι τὴν βουλήν Ath. 43.3. b. c. dat., transact business with, τῇ βουλῇ, τῷ δήμῳ, Ath. 3.1; negotiate with, πόλεσι περὶ φιλίας 5.5: abs., ib.61; ἰδίᾳ χ., of intriguing persons, 19.278; χ. ὑπὲρ δημοσίων καὶ κοινῶν πραγμάτων VH 3.4:—Med., Ath. 3.3. 3. give audience to, πρεσβευταῖς 3.66.6, cf. Or. 1.13a. 4. of an oracle, give a response to those who consult it, Je. 33(26).2, al., 15.10, JAJ 11.8.4, 2.435c, Abst. 2.48; διʼ ὕδατος Myst. 3.11; of gods, give ear to, χ. τοῖς εὐχομένοις Pseudol. 8:—Pass., receive an answer, warning, in NT of divine warnings or revelations, 2.12, etc.; ὑπʼ ἀγγέλου Act.Ap. 10.22; ἦν αὐτῷ κεχρηματισμένον a warning had been given him, Ev.Luc. 2.26; χ. ὑπὸ δαιμονίων καὶ φαντασίας εἰδώλων 67.5. 5. issue ordinances, etc., χ. ἀπορρήσεις 2.438; administer justice, ἐν τῷ Προσωπίτῃ OGI l.c.; ταῖς πόλεσι Hisp. 98. b. issue orders for payment, pay, ἀπὸ τῆς . . τραπέζης PGrenf. 2.23.4 (ii B. C.); τινι Ostr.Bodl.i248 (ii B. C.); λόγον χ. ἐς τὰ δαμόσια γράμματα furnish an account . . , Arch. f. Religionswiss. 10.211 (Cos, ii B. C.):—Pass., ἐχρηματίσθη πολλὰ διάφορα he was furnished with large sums, Aristeas 9. 6. take cognizance of, decide upon petitions, [ἐντευξιν] χ. PEnteux. 75.9 (iii B. C.), PFay. 12.28 (ii B. C.); ἔντευξις κεχρηματισμένη PPetr. 2p.3 (iii B. C.). 7. generally, have dealings with, stand in any relation to a person, οὐδὲν αὐτῷ (sic legendum videtur) πρὸς γένος ἐχρημάτιζεν Fr. 29.2: hence even μόλις ταῖς ἀναγκαίαις [ὀρέξεσι] χ. to be influenced, affected by them, 2.125b. 8. Astrol., operate, of influences, 5.7. II. Med., χρηματίζομαι: fut. Att. -ιοῦμαι 29.14, etc.: pf. κεχρημάτισμαι 1.15:—negotiate or transact business for oneself or to oneʼs own profit, make money, οἰόμενοι χρηματιεῖσθαι μᾶλλον ἢ μαχεῖσθαι 7.13; χρηματιούμενος ἀλλʼ οὐ πρὸς ὑμᾶς φιλοτιμησόμενος l.c.; οἱ χρηματισάμενοι R. 330c; ἄλλῳ χ. καὶ οὐχ αὑτῷ Grg. 452e; esp. by base arts, ἐξ αὐτῆς τῆς πόλεως l. c., cf. 9.25; χ. ἀπό τινος to make money of or from a thing, Sph. 225e; ἀπὸ τῶν κοινῶν Pol. 1286b14; ἀπὸ γεωμετρίας Comm.Math. 25; ἔκ τινος 25.3; ἐ, φιλοσοφίας 11.1; also c. acc. cogn., χ. τὸν ἐκ γῆς χρηματισμόν Lg. 949e, cf. Grg. 467d; χρήματα Cyr. 3.3.5. 2. generally, transact business, have dealings with . . , τινι 3.118, 7.163. 3. c. acc. rei, χ. τὸ νόμισμα traffic in money, like a money-lender or banker, Pol. 1257b34; but c. acc. pers., χ. τινας make money out of any one, i. e. get it from them by extortion, 32.5.13; so χ. παρὰ τῶν νεωτέρων 10.6. III. in later writers, from downwards, the Act. χρηματίζω takes some special senses: 1. to take and bear a title or name, to be called or styled so and so, χρηματίζειν βασιλεύς 5.57.2, 30.2.4, cf. Aristeas 298; Πτολεμαῖος . . νέος Διόνυσος χ. 1.44; ἐχρημάτιζε Χαλκηδόνιος, Κρητικός, 13.1.55, Sic. 6; νέα Ἶσις ἐχρημάτιζε Ant. 54; μὴ πατρόθεν, ἀλλʼ ἀπὸ μητέρων χ. to call themselves not after their fathers, but after their mothers, 2.248d; χ. ἀπὸ τοῦ δήμου s.v. δημοτευόμενος; χ. τοὺς μαθητὰς Χριστιανούς Act.Ap. 11.26; τιμῆς καὶ πίστεως χ. ἄξιοι to be deemed . . , BC 2.111. 2. generally, to be called, μοιχαλίς Ep.Rom. 7.3: μήτηρ 1.440; καὶ ὡς χ. ‘and so forth’ (omitting some of the writerʼs names), POxy. 100.1 (ii A. D.), etc.; also c. dat., ἀεὶ -ίζων τῷ προκειμένῳ ὀνοματίῳ ib.2131.8 (iii A. D.). 3. change or be changed, εἴς τι Gp. 12.1.9.
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