χρηματίζω
Alt. χρημα^τίζω,
Etym. χρῆμα
I. "to negotiate, transact business, have dealings", esp. in money matters (though this sense is mostly confined to the Mid.), Thuc., Isocr.
2. "to consult, deliberate", Dem., Aeschin.
3. "to give audience to, to answer after deliberation", τινί Xen.; τινὶ περί τινος Thuc.
4. of an oracle, "to give a response" to those who consult it, Plut.:—Pass. "to receive an answer or warning", NTest.; ἦν αὐτῷ κεχρηματισμένον "a warning had been given" him, id=NTest.
II. Mid. χρηματίζομαι, fut. attic -ιοῦμαι: perf. κεχρημάτισμαι:— "to negotiate or transact business for oneself, to make money", Thuc., Plat.; χρ. χρήματα Xen.
2. generally, "to transact business, have dealings, hold conference with", τινι Hdt.
3. c. acc. rei, χρηματίζεσθαι τὸ νόμισμα "to traffic in" money, Arist.
III. in later writers, the Act. means "to take and bear a title or name, to be called or styled" so and so, χρηματίζει βασιλεύς Polyb.; Ἶσις ἐχρημάτισε Plut.; χρηματίσαι Χριστιανούς NTest.; generally, "to be called", id=NTest.