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χράω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χράω

Structure: χρά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

to furnish what is needful
to furnish the needful answer, to declare, pronounce, proclaim, to warn or direct by oracle, that
to consult a god or oracle, to inquire of, consult, using an oracle, to use, to consult the oracle, the consulters, one who has received an oracular response
to furnish with, to furnish the use of, to lend, to have furnished one, borrow, lent, borrowed

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	χρῶ	χρᾷς	χρᾷ
	Dual		χρᾶτον	χρᾶτον
	Plural	χρῶμεν	χρᾶτε	χρῶσιν*
Subjunctive	Singular	χρῶ	χρῇς	χρῇ
	Dual		χρῆτον	χρῆτον
	Plural	χρῶμεν	χρῆτε	χρῶσιν*
Optative	Singular	χρῷμι	χρῷς	χρῷ
	Dual		χρῷτον	χρῴτην
	Plural	χρῷμεν	χρῷτε	χρῷεν
Imperative	Singular		χρᾶ	χρᾱ́τω
	Dual		χρᾶτον	χρᾱ́των
	Plural		χρᾶτε	χρώντων, χρᾱ́τωσαν
Infinitive		χρᾶν
Participle		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Participle		χρων χρωντος	χρωσα χρωσης	χρων χρωντος
Middle/Passive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	χρῶμαι	χρᾷ	χρᾶται
	Dual		χρᾶσθον	χρᾶσθον
	Plural	χρώμεθα	χρᾶσθε	χρῶνται
Subjunctive	Singular	χρῶμαι	χρῇ	χρῆται
	Dual		χρῆσθον	χρῆσθον
	Plural	χρώμεθα	χρῆσθε	χρῶνται
Optative	Singular	χρῴμην	χρῷο	χρῷτο
	Dual		χρῷσθον	χρῴσθην
	Plural	χρῴμεθα	χρῷσθε	χρῷντο
Imperative	Singular		χρῶ	χρᾱ́σθω
	Dual		χρᾶσθον	χρᾱ́σθων
	Plural		χρᾶσθε	χρᾱ́σθων, χρᾱ́σθωσαν
Infinitive		χρᾶσθαι
Participle		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Participle		χρωμενος χρωμενου	χρωμενη χρωμενης	χρωμενον χρωμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ε͂̓χρων	ε͂̓χρᾱς	ε͂̓χρᾱν*
	Dual		έ̓χρᾱτον	ἐχρᾶτην
	Plural	έ̓χρωμεν	έ̓χρᾱτε	ε͂̓χρων
Middle/Passive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐχρῶμην	έ̓χρω	έ̓χρᾱτο
	Dual		έ̓χρᾱσθον	ἐχρᾶσθην
	Plural	ἐχρῶμεθα	έ̓χρᾱσθε	έ̓χρωντο

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

θάτερον δὲ καὶ ὃ χρησιμώτερον ἦν τῷ βίῳ παρὰ πολὺ καὶ θεῶν δωρεαῖσ μᾶλλον ἐοικόσ, λέγω δὲ τὴν τῶν μελλόντων προαγόρευσιν, οὐδὲ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐξαπέφηνασ, ἀλλὰ τὸ μέροσ τοῦτο πᾶν λήθῃ παραδέδωκασ οὐδαμοῦ τῆσ ποιήσεωσ ἢ τὸν Κάλχαντα ἢ τὸν Τήλεμον ἢ τὸν Πολύειδον ἢ καὶ Φινέα μιμησάμενοσ, οἳ μηδὲ παρὰ Μουσῶν τούτου τυχόντεσ ὅμωσ προεθέσπιζον καὶ οὐκ ὤκνουν χρᾶν τοῖσ δεομένοισ. (Lucian, 2:1)
ἐῶ γὰρ λέγειν ὡσ λοξὰ καὶ ἐπαμφοτερίζοντα τοῖσ πολλοῖσ χρᾶν εἰώθατε, οὐ πάνυ ἀποσαφοῦντεσ εἰ ὁ τὸν Ἅλυν διαβὰσ τὴν αὑτοῦ ἀρχὴν καταλύσει ἢ τὴν τοῦ Κύρου· (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 13:7)
καὶ ἐπειδὴ καιρὸσ ἦν, οὗπερ ἕνεκα τὰ πάντα ἐμεμηχάνητο, καὶ χρᾶν τοῖσ δεομένοισ καὶ θεσπίζειν, παρ’ Ἀμφιλόχου τοῦ ἐν Κιλικίᾳ τὸ ἐνδόσιμον λαβών ‐ καὶ γὰρ ἐκεῖνοσ, μετὰ τὴν τοῦ πατρὸσ τελευτὴν τοῦ Ἀμφιάρεω καὶ τὸν ἐν Θήβαισ ἀφανισμὸν αὐτοῦ ἐκπεσὼν τῆσ οἰκείασ εἰσ τὴν Κιλικίαν ἀφικόμενοσ, οὐ πονήρωσ ἀπήλλαξεν, προθεσπίζων καὶ αὐτὸσ τοῖσ Κίλιξι τὰ μέλλοντα καὶ δύ’ ὀβολοὺσ ἐφ’ ἑκάστῳ χρησμῷ λαμβάνων ‐ ἐκεῖθεν οὖν τὸ ἐνδόσιμον λαβὼν ὁ Ἀλέξανδροσ προλέγει πᾶσι τοῖσ ἀφικομένοισ ὡσ μαντεύσεται ὁ θεόσ, ῥητήν τινα ἡμέραν προειπών. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 19:1)
σὺ δὲ οἰεί τὸ τοιοῦτον αὐτὸ εἶναι, ὡσ εἰ μόνον γεύσαιο αὐτοῦ καὶ σπάσαισ μικρὸν ὅσον, αὐτίκα σε πάνσοφον γενησόμενον, ὥσπερ φασὶν ἐν Δελφοῖσ τὴν πρόμαντιν, ἐπειδὰν πίῃ τοῦ ἱεροῦ νάματοσ, ἔνθεον εὐθὺσ γίγνεσθαι καὶ χρᾶν τοῖσ προσιοῦσιν. (Lucian, 122:7)
ταῦτα λέγων οὐκὶ ἔπειθε ἄλλα οἱ χρᾶν· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 155 4:3)

Synonyms

to furnish what is needful
- σάττω (to furnish with all things needful, furnished)
to consult a god or oracle
- ἀναφαίνω (to proclaim, declare, to proclaim)
- ἐκχράω (to declare as an oracle, tell out)
- διακηρύσσω (to proclaim by herald, in declared war)
- θεσπίζω (to declare by oracle, prophesy, divine)
to furnish with
- προσδανείζω (to lend besides, to have lent one, to borrow)
- δανείζω (to have lent to one, to borrow)
- προσδανείζω (to lend besides, to have lent one, to borrow)
- δανείζω (to have lent to one, to borrow)

Derived

ἀποχράω (to suffice, be sufficient, be enough)
ἐγχράω (to dash against, there were, urged)
ἐκχράω (to declare as an oracle, tell out, to suffice)
ἐπιχράω (to attack, assault, beset)
ἐπιχράω (to lend besides)
καταχράομαι (to make full use of, apply, to use to the uttermost)
χράω ( to fall upon, attack, assail)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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χράω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to furnish what is needful

to consult a god or oracle

to furnish with

Derived

Similar forms

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χράω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to furnish what is needful

to consult a god or oracle

to furnish with

Derived

Similar forms

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