Chresis(76 words)
[German version]
(xρῆσις; chrêsis). Literally ‘make use (of)’, but also ‘place (something) at (somebody's) disposal’, embracing the modern senses of loan (the meaning ‘oracle’ can be disregarded here). For loan transactions, already in Athens chresis alternates with the narrower, technical term dáneion (Dem. Or. 49,6; 7; 17; 21; 44; 48).
Chresis
Thür, Gerhard (Graz)
Bibliography
H.-A. Rupprecht, Unt. zum Darlehen im Recht der graeco-ägypt. Papyri der Ptolemäerzeit 1967, 6ff.
Id., Einführung in die Papyruskunde, 1994, 118.
Cite this page
Thür, Gerhard (Graz),
“Chresis”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 30 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e233460>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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