χ509Χρῆσται
chrestai
[Meaning] moneylenders. [But the term] chrestai [can mean] both the lender and the borrower. Aristophanes calls the moneylenders chrestai; for whereas common usage calls chrestai those who owe the debts, Athenians say…
Χρῆσται· δανεισταί. Χρήστης καὶ ὁ δανείζων καὶ ὁ δανειζόμενος. ὁ δὲ Ἀριστοφάνης χρήστας τοὺς δανειστὰς λέγει· ἡ μὲν γὰρ συνήθεια τοὺς χρεωφειλέτας χρήστας καλεῖ· Ἀθηναῖοι δὲ τοὺς…