χράω

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Ancient Greek

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “From Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewH- (to rush in, attack). Cognate with Latin ingruō (to attack), Lithuanian griáuti (to destroy), griū́ti (to crumble).[1]

Verb

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χράω (khráō)[2]

  1. (with dative of person) to fall upon, attack, assail
  2. (with dative of object) to inflict upon a person
  3. (with infinitive) to be bent on doing, to be eager to do
Usage notes
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Only used by Homer Thucydides and Xenophon and Philo

Inflection
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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χραεῑν”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1645
  2. ^ χράω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

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See χράομαι (khráomai, to desire, use).

Verb

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χράω (khráō)

  1. (active voice, of the gods and their oracles) to furnish the needful answer, to declare, pronounce, proclaim
  2. (passive voice) to be declared, proclaimed, delivered
  3. (middle voice, of the person to whom the response is given) to consult a god or oracle, to inquire of a god or oracle, consult them
    1. (of applicants seeking something of the great king)
    2. (in perfect passive) to receive an oracular response
  4. to furnish with a thing
  5. (deponent) to use
    1. to bring into action some feeling, faculty, passion, state of mind; to exercise, indulge
      1. (of external things) to experience, be subject to
      2. (paraphrases the verb cognate to its dative)
      3. (with duplicate dative) to use as such and such
      4. to use for an end or purpose
    2. (of persons, with an adverb of manner) to treat them in such a manner
      1. (especially of sexual intercourse)
      2. to make use of oneself or one's powers
    3. (absolute or with an adverb) to be wont to do
    4. (with accusative of object)
    5. (perfect with a present sense) to be in need or want of, to yearn after
      1. (perfect as a strengthened present) to have in use, to have, possess
    6. (aorist passive)
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