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χρεών

; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χρεών

Etym.: indecl., properly a part. neut. of xrh/

Sense

  1. that which must be
  2. need, necessity, fate
  3. fated, necessary
  4. it being necessary, since it was necessary
  5. that which is expedient or right
  6. unrightfully

Examples

  • ἀλλὰ καὶ λογοποιεῖ καὶ χρησμούσ τινασ διέξεισιν παλαιοὺσ δή, ὡσ χρεὼν εἰή ^ δαίμονα νυκτοφύλακα γενέσθαι αὐτόν, καὶ δῆλόσ ἐστι βωμῶν ἤδη ἐπιθυμῶν καὶ χρυσοῦσ ἀναστήσεσθαι ἐλπίζων. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:85)
  • κσ Περὶ ἀρρένων κυνῶν, ἀφ̓ οἱάσ ἡλικίασ χρεῶν αὐτοὺσ ἐπὶ θήραν ἐξάγειν. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter pr28)
  • θανεῖν γὰρ εὐκλεῶσ μέν, εἰ θανεῖν χρεών, λυπρὸν μὲν οἶμαι τῷ θανόντι ‐ πῶσ γὰρ οὔ; (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambic5)
  • ὑμᾶσ δ’ ἰόντασ τοῖσιν ἐν τείχει χρεὼν Πριάμῳ τε καὶ γέρουσι σημῆναι νεκροὺσ θάπτειν κελεύθου λεωφόρου πρὸσ ἐκτροπάσ. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, antistrophe 1 1:38)
  • θανεῖν γὰρ καὶ τὸν ἐκ κείνησ χρεών. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, antistrophe 1 4:16)

Synonyms

  1. that which must be

  2. need

  3. fated

  4. it being necessary

  5. that which is expedient or right

Related

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

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