I.to negotiate, transact business, have dealings, esp. in money matters (though this sense is mostly confined to the Mid.), Thuc., Isocr.
2.to consult, deliberate, Dem., Aeschin.
4.of an oracle, to give a response to those who consult it, Plut.:—Pass. to receive an answer or warning, NTest.; ἦν αὐτῷ κεχρηματισμένον a warning had been given him, id=NTest.
II.Mid. χρηματίζομαι, fut. attic -ιοῦμαι: perf. κεχρημάτισμαι:— to negotiate or transact business for oneself, to make money, Thuc., Plat.; χρ. χρήματα Xen.
2.generally, to transact business, have dealings, hold conference with, τινι Hdt.
3.c. acc. rei, χρηματίζεσθαι τὸ νόμισμα to traffic in money, Arist.
III.in later writers, the Act. means to take and bear a title or name, to be called or styled so and so, χρηματίζει βασιλεύς Polyb.; Ἶσις ἐχρημάτισε Plut.; χρηματίσαι Χριστιανούς NTest.; generally, to be called, id=NTest.
