Εὐχρηστία

utility

Translated by Catharine Roth22 Apr 2005Vetting: high3 revisions

3 words

[Meaning] good use.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Εὐχρηστία· ἡ καλὴ χρῆσις.

Betacode

*eu)xrhsti/a: h( kalh\ xrh=sis.

Same entry in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon.
The headword is a noun found in disparate genres, e.g. philosophy, medicine, and (hellenistic and later) historiography; for this last see e.g. Polybius 1.48.7, and especially commonly in Diodorus Siculus.