2. anything made of gold, gold plate, ornaments of gold, etc., “ἄσημον” Th.2.13: pl., D.27.10, 48.55, Men.Sam.167, 1 Ep.Pet.3.3, Plu.Tim.15.
3. esp. gold coin, money, E. Cyc.161; “οὔτ᾽ ἀργύριον οὔτε χρυσίον” Ar.Eq.472, cf. Pl.808, Ra.720 (troch.), etc.; “χ. Ἀττικόν” IG22.1687.16; “λῆρος πάντα πρὸς τὸ χ.” Antiph.232.1; “ἐγὼ δ᾽ ὑπέλαβον χρησίμους εἶναι θεοὺς τἀργύριον καὶ τὸ χ.” Men.537.4 : but “στατῆρας χρυσίου” Eup.112; “χρυσία” pieces of gold, Pl.R.336e.
4. gold thread, Hp.Art.32.
II. as a term of endearment, my little treasure! Ar.Lys.930, cf. Ap11.232 (Callias Arg.).