χρήσιμος

From the root of χράομαι (khráomai, “to use, desire”) + -ιμος (-imos, “-able, -like”).^[1]

χρήσῐμος • (khrḗsimos) m (feminine χρησίμη, neuter χρήσῐμον); first/second declension or
χρήσῐμος • (khrḗsimos) m or f (neuter χρήσῐμον); second declension

1. useful, serviceable, profitable
2. much-used

As a three-ending adjective:

As a two-ending adjective:

• χρήσιμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “χρήσιμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G5539 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • advantageous idem, page 14.
  • advisable idem, page 15.
  • beneficial idem, page 74.
  • expedient idem, page 293.
  • good idem, page 366.
  • handy idem, page 383.
  • helpful idem, page 396.
  • salutary idem, page 732.
  • serviceable idem, page 756.
  • useful idem, page 940.
  • value idem, page 943.

From Ancient Greek χρήσιμος (khrḗsimos). By surface analysis, χρήση (chrísi) +‎ -ιμος (-imos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈxri.si.mos/

χρήσιμος • (chrísimos) m (feminine χρήσιμη, neuter χρήσιμο)

1. useful

• άχρηστος (áchristos)

• χρησιμοποιώ (chrisimopoió, “to use”)
• χρησιμότητα (chrisimótita, “utility, usefulness”)

• see: χρήση f (chrísi, “use, usage”)