A.“χρύσεα” Theoc.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.; “δόμος” Sapph. l.c.; of possessions of mortals, Il.4.133, 5.425, al.: sts. enriched or adorned with gold, “χ. σκῆπτρον” 1.15, cf. 246; “μάχαιρα” 18.598; “θύραι” Od.7.88; κλῖναι, κρητῆρες, Hdt.9.82,80; ἕστηκε . . Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ χ., of a statue, Id.8.121; “χρυσοῦς στάθητι” Luc.Pseudol.15.
3. χρυσοῦς (sc. στατήρ), ὁ, 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 ἐπίσημοι” Plb.4.56.3, cf. Poll.9.53,59, Hsch.
II. gold-coloured, golden-yellow, “ἔθειραι” Il.8.42, 13.24; χ. νέφη ib.523, etc.; “ἀέρος κόμαι” Pi.Pae.6.137; τῶν τὰ χρυσᾶ the yolks of eggs, Ath.9.376d.
III. metaph., golden, “χρυσέη Ἀφροδίτη” Il.3.64, Od.8.337; “Μοῖσα” Pi.I.8(7).5; “σθένος ἀελίου χ.” Id.P.4.144; “ὦ χ. θύγατερ Διός” S.OT188 (lyr.); Ἐλπίς ib.158 (lyr.); “τιμή” Id.Ant. 699; “ὦ χρυσοῖ θεοί” Ar.Ra.483; “χ. ὑγίεια” Pi.P.3.73; “λογισμοῦ ἀγωγή” Pl.Lg.645a; “ἦθος” Antiph.212.5; “τὸ χ. ὀρνίθων γένος” Id.175; χ. γένος ἀνθρώπων, of the Golden Age, Hes.Op.109, cf. Pl.R.468e, Phdr. 235e, Cra.397e.
b. sts. used ironically, ἐγὼ δὲ ὁ 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.]