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χράω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χράω

Structure: χρά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to furnish what is needful
  2. to furnish the needful answer, to declare, pronounce, proclaim, to warn or direct by oracle, that
  3. 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
  4. to furnish with, to furnish the use of, to lend, to have furnished one, borrow, lent, borrowed

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular χρῶ χρᾷς χρᾷ
Dual χρᾶτον χρᾶτον
Plural χρῶμεν χρᾶτε χρῶσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular χρῶ χρῇς χρῇ
Dual χρῆτον χρῆτον
Plural χρῶμεν χρῆτε χρῶσιν*
OptativeSingular χρῷμι χρῷς χρῷ
Dual χρῷτον χρῴτην
Plural χρῷμεν χρῷτε χρῷεν
ImperativeSingular χρᾶ χρᾱ́τω
Dual χρᾶτον χρᾱ́των
Plural χρᾶτε χρώντων, χρᾱ́τωσαν
Infinitive χρᾶν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
χρων χρωντος χρωσα χρωσης χρων χρωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular χρῶμαι χρᾷ χρᾶται
Dual χρᾶσθον χρᾶσθον
Plural χρώμεθα χρᾶσθε χρῶνται
SubjunctiveSingular χρῶμαι χρῇ χρῆται
Dual χρῆσθον χρῆσθον
Plural χρώμεθα χρῆσθε χρῶνται
OptativeSingular χρῴμην χρῷο χρῷτο
Dual χρῷσθον χρῴσθην
Plural χρῴμεθα χρῷσθε χρῷντο
ImperativeSingular χρῶ χρᾱ́σθω
Dual χρᾶσθον χρᾱ́σθων
Plural χρᾶσθε χρᾱ́σθων, χρᾱ́σθωσαν
Infinitive χρᾶσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
χρωμενος χρωμενου χρωμενη χρωμενης χρωμενον χρωμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ε͂̓χρων ε͂̓χρᾱς ε͂̓χρᾱν*
Dual έ̓χρᾱτον ἐχρᾶτην
Plural έ̓χρωμεν έ̓χρᾱτε ε͂̓χρων
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular 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

  • "ὦναξ, ἐγὼ μὲν ἦλθον παρὰ σὲ χρησάμενοσ περὶ τῆσ φωνῆσ, σὺ δέ μοι ἄλλα ἀδύνατα χρᾷσ, κελεύων Λιβύην ἀποικίζειν τέῳ δυνάμι, κοίῃ χειρί; (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 155 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. to furnish what is needful

    • σάττω (to furnish with all things needful, furnished)

  2. to consult a god or oracle

  3. to furnish with

Derived

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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