A.of or for traffic and money-making, “ὁ χ.” a man of business, Pl.R.581d; opp. ἀναλωτικός, ib.558d; opp. στρατιωτικός, οἰκήσεις ib.415e; opp. “στρατηγικός, διατριβαί” Plu.Crass.17; χ. οἰωνός an omen portending gain, X.An.6.1.23; τὸ χ. the commercial class, opp. τὸ πολεμικόν, etc., Arist.Pol.1291b21; ἡ -κή (sc. τέχνη) the art of money-making, Pl. Grg.477e, Euthd. 307a, al.; on its varieties, v. Arist.Pol.1256b41.
II. belonging to or fitted for the dispatch of public business, χ. σκηνή, πυλών, a tent, hall for holding conferences, giving audience, Plb.5.81.5, 15.31.2.
III. oracular, prophetic, “ψυχή” Porph.Abst.4.10.
IV. Astrol., effective, operative, “τόποι” Vett.Val.29.18, Antioch.Astr. in Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(3).107; of stars Iamb.Myst.3.30.