ἔγχριστος

From ἐν- (en-, “in”) +‎ χρῑ́ω (khrī́ō) +‎ -τός (-tós).

ἔγχρῑστος • (énkhrīstos) m or f (neuter ἔγχρῑστον); second declension

1. (medicine) rubbed in; applied by rubbing; (of substances) suitable or intended for such application, especially ointments or medicated preparations
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Id. 11.2:

     Οὐδὲν ποττὸν ἔρωτα πεφύκει φάρμακον ἄλλο, Νικία, οὔτ’ ἔγχριστον, ἐμὶν δοκεῖ, οὔτ’ ἐπίπαστον

     Oudèn pottòn érōta pephúkei phármakon állo, Nikía, oút’ énkhriston, emìn dokeî, oút’ epípaston

     There is in nature no remedy for love, Nicias—neither an ointment, I think, nor a powder

   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Generation of Animals 747a.9:

     καὶ τοῖς ἐγχρίστοις εἰς τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς χρώμασιν

     kaì toîs enkhrístois eis toùs ophthalmoùs khrṓmasin

     and by means of colours rubbed into the eyes

   • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, On the Composition of Drugs according to Places 12.447:

     στιμμίσματα ἔγχριστα

     stimmísmata énkhrista

     antimony-based eye preparation, rubbed in

The adjective ἔγχρῑστος belongs to a technical pharmacological vocabulary distinguishing substances applied by rubbing from other modes of administration, such as ἐπίπαστος (epípastos, “sprinkled on”) or πότιμος (pótimos, “drinkable”). It may describe both the manner of application and the intended suitability of a substance for such use.

• “ἔγχριστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἔγχριστος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• Galen, De compositione medicamentorum secundum locos (Greek text)