χρηστέον

chresteon

one must use

Appears 9 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 4
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Book I 1
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637d7
Book II 1
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673e8
Book IV 1
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723d2
Book VI 1
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757e6
Gorgias 2
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527c3
508b7
Republic 2
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Book V 1
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452a5
Book VII 1
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529d8
Sophist 1
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267e4

Dictionary (LSJ)

χρηστέον, (χράομαι) A. one must use, c. dat. rei, Hp. Art. 77, Pl. Sph. 267e; ὅπῃ καὶ ὅπως χ. τινί X. Mem. 3.1.11; πῶς χ. εἴη περί τινος D.S. 18.64; πῶς χ. προτρέποντα = πῶς δεῖ τινα χρῆσθαι, Arist. Rh. 1375a26 cf. Plb. 5.98.9, Phld. Mort. 19, Porph. Abst. 2.44, etc.

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