I.employment, use made of a thing, “ἀνέμων” Pi.O.11(10).2; “χρημάτων” Democr.282; “οἰκίας” Pl.Erx.394d, cf. SIG987.33 (Chios, iv B. C.); τὴν κατ᾽ ἀξίαν χ. ποιοῦνται ἑκάστῳ (fort. leg. ἑκάστου) Iamb.Protr.5; use, practice, Hp.VM4; in pl., uses, advantages, Pi.N.1.30; αἱ ἐς τὰ πολεμικὰ χ. the uses of war, X.Cyr. 8.5.7; “αἱ πολιτικαὶ χ.” Arist.Pol.1267a23; opp. κτῆσις, Pl.Mx.238b, Arist.EN1098b32, Cic.Fam.7.29.1; opp. πώλησις, X.Oec.3.9.
2. usefulness, Th.7.5; opp. ἀχρηστία, Pl.R.333d; “ἐς χρῆσιν κρατύνεσθαι” so as to become useful, Hp.Art.27; ἔχειν χρῆσιν to be useful, D.11.8.
3. intimacy, acquaintance, ἡ οἰκειότης καὶ ἡ χ. [τῆς πόλεως] Isoc. Ep.2.14; “ἡ χ. ἡ πρὸς ἀλλήλους” Arist.Pol.1280a36; “αἱ οἴκοι χρήσεις” Isoc.19.11; “ἡ τῶν ἀφροδισίων χ.” Pl.Lg.841a, Arist.HA581b13, cf. Pol. 1262a34 (pl.), Ep.Rom.1.26; τὰ ἐν χρήσει familiar objects, Plot.4.4.37.
4. Gramm., usage, of words, “ἡ ἐξαλλαγὴ τῆς συνήθους χ.” D.H.Amm.2.3; ἀναστρέφων τὰς χ. ib.2, cf. A.D.Synt.119.24, al.; “ἡ Πλάτωνος χ.” Id.Pron.72.18; in concrete sense, example of a word or use, πυκνῶς αἱ χ. παρὰ Αἰολεῦσιν ib.66.3; passage cited, f. l. for κρίσει in D.H.Rh.4.3; indicated by the symbol <*>, Anon.Oxy.1611.56 (iii A. D.); <*> Ἀριστοφάνους (referring to Av.1181) An.Ox.2.452.
