χρύσεος
Alt. χρύσεος, η, ον
Etym. χρυσός
I. "golden, of gold, decked or inlaid with gold", Hom., etc.: sometimes, = ἐπίχρυσος, "gilded, gilt", Hdt.; cf. ἵστημι A. III.
2. χρύσεια μέταλλα "gold" mines, Thu.; v. χρυσεῖον II.
II. "gold-coloured, golden-yellow", Il.
III. metaph. "golden", χρυσέη Ἀφροδίτη Hom.; χρ. ὑγίεια Pind.; χρ. ἐλπίς Soph.; the first age of man was "the golden", Hes.
Etym. χρυ_σέη, χρυ_σέην, χρυ_σέου, χρυ_σέῳ etc., in Hom. must be pronounced as disyll.