makes the man', Alc.49, Pi.I.2.11; ἐν χρήμασιν οἰκεῖ πατρώοισA.Eu.757, cf. Ch.135; also χρημάτων πένητεσE.El.37; τὰ χρήματ' ἐνεχυράζομαιAr.Nu.241; χρήματα πορίζεινId.Ec.236; ἄτιμοι ἦσαν τὰ σώματα, τὰ δὲ χ. εἶχονAnd.1.74; χρημάτων ἥσσωνDemocr.50; χρημάτων κρείσσωνTh.2.60; χρήμασι νικώμενοσ ibid.; χρημάτων ἀδωρότατοσ ib. 65; ἐλπίδα χρήμασιν ὠνητήνId.3.40; μήτε χρημάτων φειδομένους μήτε πόνωνPl.Phd.78a; ζημιοῦσθαι χρήμασινId.Lg.721b; even of debts, διαλῦσαι τὰ χ.D.20.12; δεθέντ' ἐπὶ χρήμασιν ἐν τῷ δεσμωτηρίῳId.24.168.— Acc. to Poll.9.87 the Ion. used also the sg. in this sense, and so we find, ἐπὶ κόσῳ ἂν χρήματι ..; for how much
money
..? Answ. ἐπ' οὐδενί,Hdt.3.38; ταύτην (sc. τὴν χλανίδα)πωλέω μὲν οὐδενὸς χ. δίδωμι δὲ ἄλλωσ ib.139; also in Thgn.197, χ. δ' ὃ μὲν Διόθεν καὶ σὺν δίκῃ ἀνδρὶ γένηται; in Att., οὐδενὸς ἂν χ. δεξάμενοι at no
price,
And.2.4; and in later Prose,
fund, sum of money, Arch. f. Religionswiss.
10.211 (Cos, ii B. C.); τὸ πλῆθος τοῦ χ.D.S.13.106, cf. Act.Ap.4.37, Luc.VH1.20; χρήματα
merchandise,
Heraclit. 90, X.HG1.6.37, Th.3.74;
property, substance,
Berl.Sitzb.1927.161 (Cyrene). II. generally,
thing, matter, affair,
esp. in Ep. and Ion., h.Merc.332, Hes.Op.344,402; χρημάτων ἄελπτον οὐδένArchil. 74; πάντων χ. δικαιότατονMimn.8; πρῶτον χρημάτων πάντωνHdt.7.145; ἀντὶ πάντων χ. on every
account,
And.2.21; δεινότατον ἁπάντων χρημάτων ib.1; πᾶν χ. ἐκίνεε 'left no stone unturned', Hdt.5.96; τεκμαίρει χρῆμ' ἕκαστον 'deeds show the man', Pi.O.6.74; πάντων χ. μέτρον ἄνθρωποσProtag.1; περαίνεται τὸ χ. the
issue
is being decided, Plu.Caes.47: pl., simply,
things,
ὁμοῦ πάντα χ. ἦνAnaxag.1, cf. Pl.Cra.440a, Euthd.294d, Plot.4.2.1. 2.χρῆμα is freq. expressed where it might be omitted, δεινὸν χ. ἐποιεῦντοHdt.8.16; οἷόν τι χ. ποιήσειε ib.138; ἐς ἀφανὲς χ. ἀποστέλλειν ἀποικίην to send out a colony without any certain
destination,
Id.4.150; freq. in Trag., τί χρῆμα; = τί;
what?
τί χ. λεύσσω;A.Pr.300, Ch.10; or
why?
E.Alc.512; so in gen., τοῦ χ. (sc. ἕνεκα); Ar.Nu.1223; τί χ. δρᾷς;S.Aj.288, cf. Ph.1231; τί χ. πάσχει;E.Hipp.909; τί δ' ἐστὶ χρῆμα; what is