Χρηστός

useful

Translated by Catharine Roth29 Nov 2002Vetting: high6 revisions

3 notes · 41 words
[Meaning] he who/that which is good.1
And [one is] good out of love, but not out of necessity.2
But *xristo/s ["Christ, Messiah"] [is] he who has been anointed with oil. And *xristo/s [is] our Lord and God. And *xristo/s [is] king.3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Χρηστός· ὁ ἀγαθός. καὶ χρηστὸς ἐξ ἀγάπης, ἀλλ' οὐκ ἐξ ἀνάγκης. Χριστὸς δὲ ὁ ἐν ἐλαίῳ κεχρισμένος. καὶ Χριστός, ὁ κύριος καὶ θεὸς ἡμῶν. καὶ Χριστὸς βασιλεύς.

Betacode
*xrhsto/s: o( a)gaqo/s. kai\ xrhsto\s e)c a)ga/phs, a)ll' ou)k e)c a)na/gkhs. *xristo\s de\ o( e)n e)lai/w| kexrisme/nos. kai\ *xristo/s, o( ku/rios kai\ qeo\s h(mw=n. kai\ *xristo\s basileu/s.

Notes (3)

  1. Here and again in chi 527 the lexicographer is distinguishing two words which were pronounced the same by his time: xrhsto/s "good" and xristo/s "anointed." This confusion goes back to the time of Tacitus, who reports that the Christians were followers of one Chrestos (Annals 15.44.2-8: web address 1).
  2. 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica. ↩
  3. 2(Lacking, Adler reports, in ms S.) Quotation unidentifiable; tentatively attributed by Adler to Symeon Metaphrastes. ↩
  4. 3Similar material, variously, in other lexica. ↩

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Neighbouring entries

χ513Χρηστήριονoracular responseχ514Χρηστόνdecent, serviceableχ515Χρηστόςusefulχ516Χρηστουργίαuseful serviceχ517Χρηστῶςdecently, well
Revision history6 revisions · last 23 Mar 2019
  1. added a link — Catharine Roth
  2. more notes — David Whitehead
  3. another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. another keyword — David Whitehead
  5. augmented note — Catharine Roth
  6. modified translation; augmented note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  7. Translated — Catharine Roth

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