A.office or λῃτουργία of a χορηγός, defraying of the cost of the public choruses, Antipho 2.3.8 (pl.), 5.77 (pl.), Th.6.16 (pl.), etc.: used generally of λῃτουργίαι other than the τριηραρχία, Lys.19.57 (pl.), D.20.19 (pl.), Lex ap. eund. 18.106.
2. generally, expense, Democr.282.
II. generally, abundance of external means, fortune, “ἡ ἐκτὸς χ.” Arist.EN1178a24, cf. Pol.1255a14, al.; πολιτικὴ χ. things necessary to furnish or constitute a state, ib.1326a5: pl., “βασιλικαὶ χ.” Jul.Ep.89b; “πρόγονοι καὶ χ. καὶ δόξα” great fortunes, Lib.Or.33.20.
2. metaph., in later historians, of supplies for war, τῶν ἀναγκαίων, τῶν ἐπιτηδείων, Plb. 1.18.9, 4.71.10, etc.: pl., Id.1.16.6, etc.
b. generally, supplies for a banquet, Plu.2.692b.
c. extraneous, adventitious aids, Arist. Po.1453b8.
d. abundance, “τῶν εὐτυχημάτων” Id.Pol.1333b17; “ὕλης” Luc.Anach.35; “ὕδατος” Hdn.8.2.6; “τῶν πηγῶν” Lib.Or.61.18; πᾶσα χ. τῆς νόσου all that feeds the disease, Philostr.Im.2.23.
e. subvention, assistance, Ph.Bel.50.39.
III. f.l. for χορεία, Pl.Euthd. 277d.