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χρήσεως (chreseos)

χρήσεως is an Ancient Greek form of χρῆσις, meaning “use, employment”. It is the genitive singular feminine noun.

Found 51 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 6.1.17: Τόμος ἕβδομος ἐν ᾧ Περὶ παιδείας ἢ ὀνομάτων α′ β′ γ′ δ′ ε′. Περὶ ὀνομάτων χρήσεως ἐριστικός. Περὶ ἐρωτήσεως καὶ ἀποκρίσεως. Περὶ δόξης καὶ ἐπιστήμης α′ β′ γ′ δ′. Περὶ τοῦ ἀποθανεῖν. Περὶ ζωῆς …

Aristotle, Metaphysics 1.2·2: … · ὥστʼ εἴπερ διὰ τὸ φεύγειν τὴν ἄγνοιαν ἐφιλοσόφησαν, φανερὸν ὅτι διὰ τὸ εἰδέναι τὸ ἐπίστασθαι ἐδίωκον καὶ οὐ χρήσεώς τινος ἕνεκεν. μαρτυρεῖ δὲ αὐτὸ τὸ συμβεβηκός· σχεδὸν γὰρ πάντων ὑπαρχόντων τῶν ἀναγκαίων καὶ πρὸς ῥᾳστώνην κα …

All forms of χρῆσις (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.