I.useful, serviceable, good for use, good, apt or fit in its kind, Hdt., attic; τὸ αὐτίκα χρ. present advantage, Thuc.; —χρ. εἴς τι useful for something, Hdt., etc.; ἐπί τι Plat.; πρός τι Eur.; useful for doing, Ar.
2.serviceable, useful, Soph., Eur., etc.; χρησίμους ἑαυτοὺς παρέχειν τῇ πόλει to shew themselves serviceable to the state, Dem.
3.much-used, Hdt.