Quick Definition
χρηστολογία, ας, ἡ n.f. a kind address
Strong's Definition
from a compound of 5543 and 3004; fair speech, i.e. plausibility
KJV Usage: good words
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | χράομαι + λέγω
33.30 · Communication · Language Levels
attractive speech, fine language eloquent and attractive speech involving pleasing rhetorical devices
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χρηστολογία, -as, 7, (fr. χρηστολόγος, and this fr. χρηστός, q- V., and λέγω; ef. Jul. Capitol. in the life of Pertinax e. 13 “Omnes, qui libere fabulas conferebant, male Pertinaci loquebantur, χρηστολόγον eum appellantes, qui bene loqueretur et male faceret”), fair speaking, the smooth and plausible address which simulates goodness: Ro. xvi. 18. (Eustath. p. 1437, 27 [on II. 23, 598]; eccles. writ.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χρηστολογία chrēstologia 1x
bland address, fair speaking, Rom. 16:18*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† χρηστολογία, -ας, ἡ
(χρηστός, λέγω),
fair speaking: in bad sense, Ro 16:18 (in good sense also, eccl.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χρηστολογία in the NT only in Rom 1618 in the sense of ‘‘fair and insinuating speech.” The commentators quote Jul. Capitolinus Pertinax 13: “xpnorteAoyov ex appellantes gui bene logueretur et male faceret.” The word is also found in a good sense in eccles. writers.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
χρηστολογία (chrēstologia) — smooth talk. χρηστο-λογία, ἡ, fair speaking, in bad sense, [NT]