A.gold, “τιμῆς” Il.18.475, etc.; coupled with other precious things, e.g. χαλκός, σίδηρος, 6.48; ἐσθής, Od.5.38; χρυσὸν κέρασιν περιχεύας (of a victim) Il.10.294 = Od.3.384, cf. 437; “ὡς δ᾽ ὅτε τις χρυσὸν περιχεύεται ἀργύρῳ” 6.232; “χ. δαμασίφρων” Pi.O. 13.78; κοῖλος ἄργυρος καὶ χ. silver and gold plate, Theopomp.Hist. 283a, cf. Luc.Nav.20; λευκὸς χ. white gold, i.e. gold alloyed with silver, opp. χ. ἄπεφθος refined gold, Hdt.1.50; “χ. ἑψόμενος” Pi.N.4.82; “χρυσὸν καθαίρειν” Pl.Plt.303d; “βασανίζειν ἐν πυρί” Id.R.413e.
2. gold, to express anything made of gold, e. g. golden armour or raiment, χρυσὸν . . ἔδυνε περὶ χροΐ, of Zeus, Il.8.43; of Poseidon, 13.25; “τὸ ἐμὸν σῶμα μήτε ἐν χ. θῆτε . . ” X.Cyr.8.7.25; ἀραρότως σύνδεσμα χρυσὸς (a gold crown) “εἶχε” E.Med.1193; “ἐν χρυσῷ πίνειν” Luc.Merc. Cond.26.
3. freq. used by Poets to denote anything dear or precious, “ταῦτα μὲν . . κρείσσονα χρυσοῦ . . φωνεῖς” A.Ch.372 (anap.); “ὁ χ. ἧσσον κτῆμα τοῦ κλάειν ἂν ἦν” S.Fr.557; “ὡς χρυσὸς αὐτῷ τἀμὰ . . κακὰ δόξει ποτ᾽ εἶναι” E.Tr.432, cf. D.H.Rh.9.4; cf. Pi.O.1.1, 3.42, Plu.Sert. 5: metaph. also, χρυσὸς ἐπῶν golden words, Ar.Pl.268; “χρυσῷ πάττειν τινά” Id.Nu.912 (anap.); “ὗσαι χρυσόν τινι” Pi.O.7.50. [υ_] in χρυσός and all derivs., though Lyric Poets sts. made υ short in the Adj. χρύσεος (q.v.); once we have χρυ^σός, Pi.N.7.78.] (Borrowed from Semitic, cf. Hebr. chārūts, Assyr. h<*>urāšu 'gold', Aram. hara 'yellow'.)
