χρίσιμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χρῑ́ω (khrī́ō, “to rub, smear, anoint”) +‎ -ιμος (-imos, forming an adjective of suitability or fitness).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰrǐː.si.mos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰri.si.mos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈxri.si.mos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈxri.si.mos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈxri.si.mos/

Adjective

χρῑ́σῐμος • (khrī́sĭmos) m (feminine χρῑσίμη, neuter χρῑ́σῐμον); first/second declension

fit or suitable for anointing; used for anointing
- Sch., Ar. Pl..529:
  χρίσιμον
  khrísimon
  fit for anointing

Declension

First and second declension of χρῑ́σῐμος; χρῑσῐ́μη; χρῑ́σῐμον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	χρῑ́σῐμος khrī́sĭmos	χρῑσῐ́μη khrīsĭ́mē	χρῑ́σῐμον khrī́sĭmon	χρῑσῐ́μω khrīsĭ́mō	χρῑσῐ́μᾱ khrīsĭ́mā	χρῑσῐ́μω khrīsĭ́mō	χρῑ́σῐμοι khrī́sĭmoi	χρῑ́σῐμαι khrī́sĭmai	χρῑ́σῐμᾰ khrī́sĭmă
Genitive	χρῑσῐ́μου khrīsĭ́mou	χρῑσῐ́μης khrīsĭ́mēs	χρῑσῐ́μου khrīsĭ́mou	χρῑσῐ́μοιν khrīsĭ́moin	χρῑσῐ́μαιν khrīsĭ́main	χρῑσῐ́μοιν khrīsĭ́moin	χρῑσῐ́μων khrīsĭ́mōn	χρῑσῐ́μων khrīsĭ́mōn	χρῑσῐ́μων khrīsĭ́mōn
Dative	χρῑσῐ́μῳ khrīsĭ́mōi	χρῑσῐ́μῃ khrīsĭ́mēi	χρῑσῐ́μῳ khrīsĭ́mōi	χρῑσῐ́μοιν khrīsĭ́moin	χρῑσῐ́μαιν khrīsĭ́main	χρῑσῐ́μοιν khrīsĭ́moin	χρῑσῐ́μοις khrīsĭ́mois	χρῑσῐ́μαις khrīsĭ́mais	χρῑσῐ́μοις khrīsĭ́mois
Accusative	χρῑ́σῐμον khrī́sĭmon	χρῑσῐ́μην khrīsĭ́mēn	χρῑ́σῐμον khrī́sĭmon	χρῑσῐ́μω khrīsĭ́mō	χρῑσῐ́μᾱ khrīsĭ́mā	χρῑσῐ́μω khrīsĭ́mō	χρῑσῐ́μους khrīsĭ́mous	χρῑσῐ́μᾱς khrīsĭ́mās	χρῑ́σῐμᾰ khrī́sĭmă
Vocative	χρῑ́σῐμε khrī́sĭme	χρῑσῐ́μη khrīsĭ́mē	χρῑ́σῐμον khrī́sĭmon	χρῑσῐ́μω khrīsĭ́mō	χρῑσῐ́μᾱ khrīsĭ́mā	χρῑσῐ́μω khrīsĭ́mō	χρῑ́σῐμοι khrī́sĭmoi	χρῑ́σῐμαι khrī́sĭmai	χρῑ́σῐμᾰ khrī́sĭmă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	χρῑσῐ́μως khrīsĭ́mōs			χρῑσῐμώτερος khrīsĭmṓteros			χρῑσῐμώτᾰτος khrīsĭmṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Usage notes

The adjective χρῑ́σιμος denotes suitability for application by rubbing or anointing and belongs to a technical register. It is attested chiefly in scholia and later explanatory texts and is morphologically parallel to other -σιμος (-simos) adjectives expressing fitness or appropriateness for a given action.

Related terms

χρῖσις (khrîsis)
χρῖσμα (khrîsma)
χρῑστός (khrīstós)

References

“χρίσιμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press