[*] 40. xrh=ma and pra=gma. χρῆμα and “πρᾶγμα” are often used to make a substantive of an adjective. The use of “χρῆμα” and “πρᾶγμα” resembles that of “ἀνήρ”. “κοῦφον γὰρ χρῆμα ποιητής ἐστι,” PLATO, Ion 534B ; A poet is a light and airy thing. ORATORES ATTICI: “χρῆμα” not in DEM., LYS., and ANTIPHON. DEM. [35]. 15-6: “Λάκριτος μέγα πρᾶγμα, Ἰσοκράτους μαθητής”. PLATO, Gorg. 485B: “πικρόν τί μοι δοκεῖ χρῆμα εἶναι”. Ion, 534 B (see above). XEN. Cyr. 1.4.8: “καταβάλλει τὴν ἔλαφον, καλόν τι χρῆμα καὶ μέγα” . HDT.3.53: “τυραννὶς χρῆμα σφαλερόν”. 5.96: “πᾶν χρῆμα ἐκίνεε” , and “χρῆμα” elsewhere in Herodotus. AR. Nub. 816: “τί χρῆμα πάσχεις;” and similarly elsewhere in comedy and tragedy. Lys. 511: “μέγα πρᾶγμα” . Ibid. 677: “ἱππικώτατον . . . χρῆμα” . Pl. 856: “σχέτλια . . . πράγματα” . COM. 4.4: “δημοτικὸν . . . πρᾶγμα καὶ σωτήριον”. EUR. Or.70: “ἄπορον χρῆμα δυστυχῶν δόμος” . SOPH. Ai. 288: “τί χρῆμα δρᾷς;” AESCHYL. Cho. 10: “τί χρῆμα λεύσσω;” PIND. O. 9.104: “χρῆμ᾽ ἕκαστον” .
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