Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

χρέος

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χρέος

Etym.: xra/omai, xrh/

Sense

  1. that which one needs must pay, an obligation, debt, a debt for stolen cattle, a debt, the debt demanded by, debt, guilt, a debt, debts, in outstanding debts
  2. a needful business, an affair, matter, a requirement, a purpose, for the sake of
  3. a thing, wherefore?
  4. to consult, what is due, meet
  5. a duty, task, charge, office
  6. want, need

Examples

  • καὶ οὕτω τὸ πρόσταγμα τῆσ ἀφέσεωσ. ἀφήσεισ πᾶν χρέοσ ἴδιον, ὃ ὀφείλει σοι ὁ πλησίον, καὶ τὸν ἀδελφόν σου οὐκ ἀπαιτήσεισ, ἐπικέκληται γὰρ ἄφεσισ Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ σου. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 15:2)
  • καὶ κακόμοχθοσ θεὸν μάταιον ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ πλάσσει πηλοῦ, ὃσ πρὸ μικροῦ γῆσ γεννηθεὶσ μετ̓ ὀλίγον πορεύεται ἐξ ἧσ ἐλήφθη, τὸ τῆσ ψυχῆσ ἀπαιτηθεὶσ χρέοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 15:8)
  • δὴ οὐ πρὸ πολλοῦ κατ’ ἄλλο μέν τι χρέοσ, ἧκον δὲ ὅμωσ ἐσ τὰ χωρία ἐκεῖνα, καὶ ‐ ἔδει γὰρ ἀναπλεῖν κατὰ τὸν Ἠριδανόν ‐ οὔτ’ αἰγείρουσ εἶδον πάνυ περισκοπῶν οὔτε τὸ ἤλεκτρον, ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ τοὔνομα τοῦ Φαέθοντοσ ᾔδεσαν οἱ ἐπιχώριοι. (Lucian, Electrum, (no name) 2:2)
  • τί δὲ χρέοσ ἔπλετο νηῶν ἀρχεκάκων, ἵνα πόντον ὁμοῦ καὶ γαῖαν ὀρίνῃ βουκόλοσ; (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 12)
  • σὺν ἀλα‐ θείᾳ δὲ πᾶν λάμπει χρέοσ· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 8 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. a duty

  2. want

Related

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

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