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χρύσεος , η, ον, also ος, ον in AP5.30 (Antip.Thess.), Att. contr. χρυσοῦς , , οῦν IG12.358.4, etc.; Ep. χρύσειος , η, ον: Hom. and Hes. use both χρύσεος and -ειος, χρυσῇ is dub. in Il.5.425; Lyr. used χρύσεος, α, ον, and this form sts. occurs in Trag. dialogue and even in Prose, as X.Ages.5.5 codd., Plu.Luc.37, Apollod.2.5.10, Ant.Lib.36.1; Aeol. χρύσιος Sapph.1.8, al. (but
A.χρύσεαTheoc.29.37); Boeot. χρούσιος SIG337.8 (iv B. C.): (χρυσός):—golden, freq. in Ep., esp. of what belonged to gods, χρυσέῳ ἐν δαπέδῳ, χρυσέοις δεπάεσσι, χρύσειον ἐπὶ θρόνον, etc., Il.4.2,3, 8.442, al.; χ. τάλαντα the golden scales of Zeus, 22.209; χ. ἰτύς, ζυγόν, of Hera's chariot, 5.724,730; ἱμάσθλη χ., of Zeus and Poseidon, 8.44 = 13.26; ζώνη χ., of Calypso and Circe, Od.5.232 = 10.545, etc.; “δόμοςSapph. l.c.; of possessions of mortals, Il.4.133, 5.425, al.: sts. enriched or adorned with gold,χ. σκῆπτρον1.15, cf. 246; “μάχαιρα18.598; “θύραιOd.7.88; κλῖναι, κρητῆρες, Hdt.9.82,80; ἕστηκε . . Ἀλέξανδρος χ., of a statue, Id.8.121; “χρυσοῦς στάθητιLuc.Pseudol.15.
2. χρύσεια μέταλλα gold-mines, Th.4.105 (the only instance of χρύσειος in Att., cf. χρυσεῖον).
3. χρυσοῦς (sc. στατήρ), , a gold coin, = στατήρ, IG7.303.98, al. (Oropus, iii B. C.), IPE12.32A13 (Olbia, iii B. C.), LXX Ge. 24.22, Plu.Per.25 (in Pap., not a coin, but the equivalent of 20 silver drachmae, PCair.Zen.28.11 (iii B. C.), etc.); “χρυσοῖ ἐπίσημοιPlb.4.56.3, cf. Poll.9.53,59, Hsch.
4. χρύσεον, τό, gold plaque, SIG1122.7 (Selinus, V B.C.).
II. gold-coloured, golden-yellow,ἔθειραιIl.8.42, 13.24; χ. νέφη ib.523, etc.; “ἀέρος κόμαιPi.Pae.6.137; τῶν τὰ χρυσᾶ the yolks of eggs, Ath.9.376d.
b. sts. used ironically, ἐγὼ δὲ χ. but I, fine fellow that I am . . , Luc.Laps.1; Πλάτωνα χρυσοῦν (sc. Ἐπίκουρος ἐκάλει) D.L.10.8, cf. Menodot. ap. Gal.Subf.Emp.63.
2. wealthy, Palaeph. 31.4 (s. v. l.). [χρυ_σέη, χρυ_σέην, χρυ_σέου, χρυ_σέῳ, etc., in Hom. must be pronounced as disyll., as is fully proved by such passages as Il.1.15,374: but Lyric Poets sts. used υ^ in χρύσεος, Pi.P.3.73, 4.4, 144, al., B.9.6, 15.2; so also Trag., but only in Lyr., not in Iambics or Anapaestics, S.OT157, 188, Ant.103, E.Med.632,978, IA 1051, IT1253, Tr.856, Ba.372, Heracl.916, HF351, 396, El.192; sts. also Epigrammatists, AP6.292.2 (Hedyl.), 7.233.1 (Apollonid.), 13.18.4 (Parmeno), APl.4.96.8.]
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