χρεώ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• χρειώ (khreiṓ)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to yearn for”). Compare χρή (khrḗ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰre.ɔ̌ː/ → /xreˈo/ → /xreˈo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰre.ɔ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰreˈo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xreˈo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xreˈo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xreˈo/

Noun

χρεώ • (khreṓ) f (genitive χρεοῦς); third declension

1. (chiefly Epic) want, need, necessity

Declension

Third declension of χρεώ; χρεοῦς (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	χρεώ khreṓ
Genitive	χρεοῦς khreoûs
Dative	χρεοῖ khreoî
Accusative	χρεώ khreṓ
Vocative	χρεοῖ khreoî
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “χρεώ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• χρεώ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “χρεώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press