χρήσιμος
Alt. χρήσι^μος, η, ον
Etym. χράομαι
I. "useful, serviceable, good for use, good, apt or fit" in its kind, Hdt., attic; τὸ αὐτίκα χρ. present "advantage", Thuc.; —χρ. εἴς τι "useful" for something, Hdt., etc.; ἐπί τι Plat.; πρός τι Eur.; "useful for" doing, Ar.
2. "serviceable, useful", Soph., Eur., etc.; χρησίμους ἑαυτοὺς παρέχειν τῇ πόλει to shew themselves "serviceable" to the state, Dem.
3. "much-used", Hdt.
4. νόμισμα οὐ χρήσιμον ἔξω money "that will not pass" abroad, Xen.
II. adv., χρησίμως ἔχειν to be "serviceable", Thuc.; χρ. τινί "with advantage" to him, id=Thuc.