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χράω?

α-contract Verb; Transliteration: chraō

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 χρῶσι(ν)
SubjunctiveSingular χρῶ χρῇς χρῇ
Dual χρῆτον χρῆτον
Plural χρῶμεν χρῆτε χρῶσι(ν)
OptativeSingular χρῷμι χρῷς χρῷ
Dual χρῷτον χρῴτην
Plural χρῷμεν χρῷτε χρῷεν
ImperativeSingular χρᾶ χράτω
Dual χρᾶτον χράτων
Plural χρᾶτε χρώντων, χράτωσαν
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 χράσθω
Dual χρᾶσθον χράσθων
Plural χρᾶσθε χράσθων, χράσθωσαν
Infinitive χρᾶσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
χρωμενος χρωμενου χρωμενη χρωμενης χρωμενον χρωμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ε῏χρων ε῏χρας ε῏χρα(ν)
Dual ἔχρατον ἐχρᾶτην
Plural ἔχρωμεν ἔχρατε ε῏χρων
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐχρῶμην ἔχρω ἔχρατο
Dual ἔχρασθον ἐχρᾶσθην
Plural ἐχρῶμεθα ἔχρασθε ἔχρωντο

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.

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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