χρηστός

See also: Χρήστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to yearn for”).

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰrɛːs.tós/ → /xrisˈtos/ → /xrisˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰrɛːs.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰre̝sˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xrisˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xrisˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xrisˈtos/

• Homophone: χριστός (khristós) (Koine from the 4th century AD on)

Adjective

χρηστός • (khrēstós) m (feminine χρηστή, neuter χρηστόν); first/second declension

1. good, useful
2. (Koine) kind, gracious
3. (Koine) easy, manageable

Declension

First and second declension of χρηστός; χρηστή; χρηστόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		χρηστός khrēstós	χρηστή khrēstḗ	χρηστόν khrēstón		χρηστώ khrēstṓ	χρηστᾱ́ khrēstā́	χρηστώ khrēstṓ		χρηστοί khrēstoí	χρησταί khrēstaí	χρηστᾰ́ khrēstá
Genitive		χρηστοῦ khrēstoû	χρηστῆς khrēstês	χρηστοῦ khrēstoû		χρηστοῖν khrēstoîn	χρησταῖν khrēstaîn	χρηστοῖν khrēstoîn		χρηστῶν khrēstôn	χρηστῶν khrēstôn	χρηστῶν khrēstôn
Dative		χρηστῷ khrēstôi	χρηστῇ khrēstêi	χρηστῷ khrēstôi		χρηστοῖν khrēstoîn	χρησταῖν khrēstaîn	χρηστοῖν khrēstoîn		χρηστοῖς khrēstoîs	χρησταῖς khrēstaîs	χρηστοῖς khrēstoîs
Accusative		χρηστόν khrēstón	χρηστήν khrēstḗn	χρηστόν khrēstón		χρηστώ khrēstṓ	χρηστᾱ́ khrēstā́	χρηστώ khrēstṓ		χρηστούς khrēstoús	χρηστᾱ́ς khrēstā́s	χρηστᾰ́ khrēstá
Vocative		χρηστέ khrēsté	χρηστή khrēstḗ	χρηστόν khrēstón		χρηστώ khrēstṓ	χρηστᾱ́ khrēstā́	χρηστώ khrēstṓ		χρηστοί khrēstoí	χρησταί khrēstaí	χρηστᾰ́ khrēstá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		χρηστῶς khrēstôs				χρηστότερος khrēstóteros				χρηστότᾰτος khrēstótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• χρηστότης (khrēstótēs)

Related terms

• χράω (khráō)
• χρῄζω (khrḗizō)

Further reading

• “χρηστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “χρηστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• χρηστός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G5543 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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  • beneficent idem, page 73.
  • capital idem, page 111.
  • creditable idem, page 183.
  • estimable idem, page 283.
  • excellent idem, page 288.
  • exemplary idem, page 290.
  • fine idem, page 321.
  • gallant idem, page 352.
  • generous idem, page 356.
  • good idem, page 366.
  • helpful idem, page 396.
  • high-principled idem, page 400.
  • honest idem, page 404.
  • honourable idem, page 405.
  • meritorious idem, page 526.
  • ministering idem, page 531.
  • nice idem, page 557.
  • noble idem, page 559.
  • principled idem, page 641.
  • reputable idem, page 699.
  • respectable idem, page 703.
  • righteous idem, page 715.
  • serviceable idem, page 756.
  • steady idem, page 814.
  • upright idem, page 938.
  • useful idem, page 940.
  • value idem, page 943.
  • virtuous idem, page 954.
  • well-doer idem, page 974.
  • worthy idem, page 991.