χράομαι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • χρέομαι (khréomai) Ionic

Etymology

χρή (khrḗ) + -άω (-áō).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

χρᾰ́ομαι • (khráomai)

  1. (in perfect, κέχρημαι, with present sense)
    1. desire, yearn after [+genitive = something, someone]
    2. to need, lack [+genitive = something]
    3. (in perfect and pluperfect) to enjoy a benefit, have [+dative = something]
  2. (in present or perfect, mainly after Homer)
    1. to use, make use of, take part in, manage, administer, etc. [+dative = something]
    2. to experience, suffer, be subject to, feel
    3. with verbal nouns, periphrasis for the verb related to the noun
    4. to use [+dative and dative = something for something]
    5. to deal with
    6. to treat [+dative = someone] in a particular way

Inflection

Derived terms

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χρή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1648

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