χρύσεος, η, ον, also ος, ον in [
Refs 1st c.BC+],
Attic dialect contraction χρυσοῦς, ῆ, οῦν [
Refs];
Epic dialect χρύσειος, η, ον: [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; Lyric poetry used χρύσεος, α, ον, and this form sometimes occurs in Trag. dialogue and even in Prose, as [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
Aeolic dialect χρύσιος [
Refs 7th c.BC+] (but χρύσεα [
Refs 3rd c.BC+];
Boeotian dialect χρούσιος [
Refs 4th c.BC+]: (χρυσός):—
golden, frequently in
Epic dialect, especially of what belonged to gods, χρυσέῳ ἐν δαπέδῳ, χρυσέοις δεπάεσσι, χρύσειον ἐπὶ θρόνον, etc, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; χ. τάλαντα the
golden scales of Zeus, [
Refs]; ζώνη χ, of Calypso and Circe, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; δόμος [
Refs 7th c.BC+] [prev. cited]; of possessions of mortals, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: sometimes
enriched or
adorned with gold, χ. σκῆπτρον [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; κλῖναι, κρητῆρες, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕστηκε. Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ χ, of a statue, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2) χρύσεια μέταλλα
gold-mines, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3) χρυσοῦς (i.e. στατήρ), ὁ,
a gold coin, ={στατήρ}, [
LXX+3rd c.BC+] (in Papyrus, not a coin, but the equivalent of [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; χρυσοῖ ἐπίσημοι [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
4) χρύσεον, τό,
gold plaque, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
gold-coloured, golden-yellow, ἔθειραι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀέρος κόμαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῶν τὰ χρυσᾶ the
yolks of eggs, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III)
metaphorically,
golden, χρυσέη Ἀφροδίτη [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τιμή [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. γένος ἀνθρώπων, of the [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
III.b) sometimes used ironically, ἐγὼ δὲ ὁ χ. but I,
fine fellow that I am, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; Πλάτωνα χρυσοῦν (i.e. Ἐπίκουρος ἐκάλει) [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
III.2)
wealthy, [
Refs 8th c.BC+] must be pronounced as
disyllable, as is fully proved by such passages as [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; so also Trag, but only in Lyric poetry, not in Iambics or Anapaestics, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]