χρῡσός, ὁ,
gold, τιμῆς [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐσθής, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; χρυσὸν κέρασιν περιχεύας (of a victim) [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; κοῖλος ἄργυρος καὶ χ. silver and
gold plate, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; λευκὸς χ. white
gold, i.e. gold alloyed with silver, opposed to χ. ἄπεφθος refined
gold, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2 gold, to express anything made of gold, e. g.
golden armour or raiment, χρυσὸν.. ἔδυνε περὶ χροΐ, of Zeus, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; of Poseidon, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀραρότως σύνδεσμα χρυσὸς (a gold crown) εἶχε [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3 frequently used by Poets to denote
anything dear or
precious, ταῦτα μὲν.. κρείσσονα χρυσοῦ.. φωνεῖς [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
golden words, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] and all derivations, though Lyric Poets sometimes made υ short in the
adjective χρύσεος (which see); once we have χρῠσός, [
Refs 5th c.BC+].] (Borrowed from Semitic, cf. Hebrew
chārūts, Assyr.
h_urāšu 'gold', Aramaic
hara 'yellow'.)
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