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
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.
- ἦρχον μὲν οὐκ ὀλίγησ χώρασ, ὦ Μίκυλλε, παμφόρου τινὸσ καὶ πλήθει ἀνθρώπων καὶ κάλλει πόλεων ἐν ταῖσ μάλιστα θαυμάζεσθαι ἀξίασ ποταμοῖσ τε ναυσιπόροισ καταρρεομένησ καὶ θαλάττῃ εὐόρμῳ χρωμένησ, καὶ στρατιὰ ἦν πολλὴ καὶ ἵπποσ συγκεκροτημένη καὶ δορυφορικὸν οὐκ ὀλίγον καὶ τριήρεισ καὶ χρημάτων πλῆθοσ ἀνάριθμον καὶ χρυσὸσ πάμπολυσ καὶ ἡ ἄλλη τῆσ ἀρχῆσ τραγῳδία πᾶσα ἐσ ὑπερβολὴν ἐξωγκωμένη, ὥστε ὁπότε προϊοίμι, οἱ μὲν πολλοὶ προσεκύνουν καὶ θεόν τινα ὁρᾶν ᾤοντο καὶ ἄλλοι ἐπ’ ἄλλοισ συνέθεον ὀψόμενοί με, οἱ δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ τέγη ἀνιόντεσ ἐν μεγάλῳ ἐτίθεντο ἀκριβῶσ ἑωρακέναι τὸ ζεῦγοσ, τὴν ἐφεστρίδα, τὸ διάδημα, τοὺσ προπομπεύοντασ, τοὺσ ἑπομένουσ. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 24:6)
- "εὑρ́οισ δ’ ἂν ἐπιὼν πόλεισ ἀτειχίστουσ, ἀγραμμάτουσ, ἀβασιλεύτουσ, ἀοίκουσ, ἀχρημάτουσ, νομίσματοσ μὴ δεομένασ, ἀπείρουσ θεάτρων καὶ γυμνασίων ἀνιέρου δὲ πόλεωσ καὶ ἀθέου, μὴ χρωμένησ εὐχαῖσ μηδ’ ὁρ́κοισ μηδὲ μαντείαισ μηδὲ θυσίαισ ἐπ’ ἀγαθοῖσ μηδ’ ἀποτροπαῖσ κακῶν οὐδεὶσ ἐστιν οὐδ’ ἔσται γεγονὼσ θεατήσ· (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 31 1:9)
- "τὸ γὰρ ἄψυχον ὡσ ἁπλῶσ εἰπεῖν ὀρφανὸν καὶ ἀτελὲσ καὶ πρὸσ οὐδ’ ὁτιοῦν, μὴ χρωμένησ ψυχῆσ, ἐπιτήδειον· (Plutarch, De E apud Delphos, section 136)
- Μενέδημοσ μὲν ὁ ἐξ Ἐρετρίασ ἀνῄρει τῶν ἀρετῶν καὶ τὸ πλῆθοσ καὶ τὰσ διαφοράσ, ὡσ μιᾶσ οὔσησ καὶ χρωμένησ πολλοῖσ ὀνόμασι· (Plutarch, De virtute morali, section 21)
- Μενέδημοσ μὲν ὁ ἐξ Ἐρετρίασ ἀνῄρει τῶν ἀρετῶν καὶ τὸ πλῆθοσ καὶ τὰσ διαφοράσ, ὡσ μιᾶσ οὔσησ καὶ χρωμένησ πολλοῖσ ὀνόμασι· (Plutarch, De virtute morali, section 21)
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)
