χρυσός
chrysos
gold
Appears 40 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
χρυσός, ὁ, A. gold, τιμῆς Il. 18.475, etc.; coupled with other precious things, e.g. χαλκός, σίδηρος, 6.48; ἐσθής, Od. 5.38; χρυσὸν κέρασιν περιχεύας (of a victim) Il. 10.294 = Od. 3.384, cf. 437; ὡς δʼ ὅτε τις χρυσὸν περιχεύεται ἀργύρῳ 6.232; χ. δαμασίφρων O. 13.78; κοῖλος ἄργυρος καὶ χ. silver and gold plate, 283a, cf. Nav. 20; λευκὸς χ. white gold, i.e. gold alloyed with silver, opp. χ. ἄπεφθος refined gold, 1.50; χ. ἑψόμενος N. 4.82; χρυσὸν καθαίρειν Plt. 303d; βασανίζειν ἐν πυρί R. 413e. 2. gold, to express anything made of gold, e. g. golden armour or raiment, χρυσὸν . . ἔδυνε περὶ χροΐ, of Zeus, Il. 8.43; of Poseidon, 13.25; τὸ ἐμὸν σῶμα μήτε ἐν χ. θῆτε . . Cyr. 8.7.25; ἀραρότως σύνδεσμα χρυσὸς (a gold crown) εἶχε Med. 1193; ἐν χρυσῷ πίνειν Merc. Cond. 26. 3. freq. used by Poets to denote anything dear or precious, ταῦτα μὲν . . κρείσσονα χρυσοῦ . . φωνεῖς Ch. 372 (anap.); ὁ χ. ἧσσον κτῆμα τοῦ κλάειν ἂν ἦν Fr. 557; ὡς χρυσὸς αὐτῷ τἀμὰ . . κακὰ δόξει ποτʼ εἶναι Tr. 432, cf. Rh. 9.4; cf. O. 1.1, 3.42, Sert. 5: metaph. also, χρυσὸς ἐπῶν golden words, Pl. 268; χρυσῷ πάττειν τινά Nu. 912 (anap.); ὗσαι χρυσόν τινι O. 7.50. [ῡ] in χρυσός and all derivs., though Lyric Poets sts. made υ short in the Adj. χρύσεος (q.v.); once we have χρῠσός, N. 7.78.] (Borrowed from Semitic, cf. Hebr. chārūts, Assyr. ḫurāšu ‘gold’, Aram. hara ‘yellow’.)
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