χράω

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 13 September 2014

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰrá.ɔː/ → /ˈxra.o/ → /ˈxra.o/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰrá.ɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰra.o/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈxra.o/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈxra.o/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈxra.o/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

χράω • (khráō)

1. (with dative of person) to fall upon, attack, assail
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 5.396
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 10.64
   • Palatine Anthology 5.296
2. (with dative of object) to inflict upon a person
   • 200 BCE – 100 BCE, Nicander, Theriaca 315
3. (with infinitive) to be bent on doing, to be eager to do
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 21.369
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 21.69

Usage notes

Only used by Homer Thucydides and Xenophon and Philo

Inflection

   Aorist: ἔχρησᾰ, ἐχρησᾰ́μην, ἐχρήσθην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἔχρησᾰ	ἔχρησᾰς	ἔχρησε(ν)	ἐχρήσᾰτον	ἐχρησᾰ́την	ἐχρήσᾰμεν	ἐχρήσᾰτε	ἔχρησᾰν
	subjunctive	χρήσω	χρήσῃς	χρήσῃ	χρήσητον	χρήσητον	χρήσωμεν	χρήσητε	χρήσωσῐ(ν)
	optative	χρήσαιμῐ	χρήσειᾰς, χρήσαις	χρήσειε(ν), χρήσαι	χρήσαιτον	χρησαίτην	χρήσαιμεν	χρήσαιτε	χρήσειᾰν, χρήσαιεν
	imperative		χρῆσον	χρησᾰ́τω	χρήσᾰτον	χρησᾰ́των		χρήσᾰτε	χρησᾰ́ντων
middle	indicative	ἐχρησᾰ́μην	ἐχρήσω	ἐχρήσᾰτο	ἐχρήσᾰσθον	ἐχρησᾰ́σθην	ἐχρησᾰ́μεθᾰ	ἐχρήσᾰσθε	ἐχρήσᾰντο
	subjunctive	χρήσωμαι	χρήσῃ	χρήσηται	χρήσησθον	χρήσησθον	χρησώμεθᾰ	χρήσησθε	χρήσωνται
	optative	χρησαίμην	χρήσαιο	χρήσαιτο	χρήσαισθον	χρησαίσθην	χρησαίμεθᾰ	χρήσαισθε	χρήσαιντο
	imperative		χρῆσαι	χρησᾰ́σθω	χρήσᾰσθον	χρησᾰ́σθων		χρήσᾰσθε	χρησᾰ́σθων
passive	indicative	ἐχρήσθην	ἐχρήσθης	ἐχρήσθη	ἐχρήσθητον	ἐχρησθήτην	ἐχρήσθημεν	ἐχρήσθητε	ἐχρήσθησᾰν
	subjunctive	χρησθῶ	χρησθῇς	χρησθῇ	χρησθῆτον	χρησθῆτον	χρησθῶμεν	χρησθῆτε	χρησθῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	χρησθείην	χρησθείης	χρησθείη	χρησθεῖτον, χρησθείητον	χρησθείτην, χρησθειήτην	χρησθεῖμεν, χρησθείημεν	χρησθεῖτε, χρησθείητε	χρησθεῖεν, χρησθείησᾰν
	imperative		χρήσθητῐ	χρησθήτω	χρήσθητον	χρησθήτων		χρήσθητε	χρησθέντων
		active			middle		passive
infinitive		χρῆσαι			χρήσᾰσθαι		χρησθῆναι
participle	m	χρήσᾱς			χρησᾰ́μενος		χρησθείς
	f	χρήσᾱσᾰ			χρησᾰμένη		χρησθεῖσᾰ
	n	χρῆσᾰν			χρησᾰ́μενον		χρησθέν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

References

• “χράω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer-.

Verb

χράω • (khráō)

1. (active voice, of the gods and their oracles) to furnish the needful answer, to declare, pronounce, proclaim
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 8.79
   • 7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Apollo 396
   • 6th century BC, Theognis of Megara, Elegies 807
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.55
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.155
   • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Ode 4.6
   • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Eumenides 798
   • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1083
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 35
   • 424 BCE, Euripides, Hecuba 1268
   • 458 BCE, Euripides, Electra 1267
   • 408 BCE, Euripides, The Phoenician Women 409
   • 413 BCE, Euripides, Ion 681
   • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Eumenides 202
   • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers 1030
   • 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 159
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.102
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 5.32
   • 396 BCE – 323 BCE, Lycurgus of Athens, Collected Works 99
2. (passive voice) to be declared, proclaimed, delivered
   • 413 BCE, Euripides, Ion 792
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.49
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.94
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.143
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.63
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.178
   • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 2.39
   • 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 604
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.96
   • 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 355
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.164
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.141
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.147
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.220
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
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 10.492
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 10.565
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.47
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.157
   • 389 BCE – 314 BCE, Aeschines, Against Ctesiphon 124
   • 414 BCE, Aristophanes, The Birds 7.24
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 686A
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.1.3
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.57
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 8.81
   • 7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Apollo 252
   • 7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Apollo 292
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.46
   • 408 BCE, Euripides, The Phoenician Women 957
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.126
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.220
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.150
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Rhetoric 1398B.33
   • 472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 829
   • Marcellin., Vit.Thuc. 6
   • 204 CE – 270 CE, Plotinus, Collected Works 5.3.14
   • 7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Apollo 132
   1. (of applicants seeking something of the great king)
   2. (in perfect passive) to receive an oracular response
4. to furnish with a thing
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Nicostratus 12
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Pompey 29
   • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Characters 5.10
   • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Characters 10.13
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.58
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.89
   • 411 BCE, Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 219
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 3.11.18
   • 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, On the Property of Aristophanes 24
   • 405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 1159
   • 450 BCE – 350 BCE, Plato Comicus, Collected Works 205
   • 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 29.21.6
   • 36 BCE – 30 BCE, Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library 31.10
   • 95 CE – 165 CE, Appian, Civil Wars 2.29
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Aphobus 1 11
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.534B
   • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Characters 30.20
   • Palatine Anthology 584.10
   • 458 BCE, Euripides, Electra 191
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1162B.33
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Exodus 11.3
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Pompey 24
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Philopoemen 13
   • 458 BCE, Euripides, Electra 191
   • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Characters 30.20
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Demodocus 384B–C
5. (deponent) to use
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 23.834
   • 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, Third Tetralogy 3.3
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.195
   • 405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 1061
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.36
   • 408 BCE, Euripides, The Phoenician Women 954
   • 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 333B
   • 391 BCE, Aristophanes, Assemblywomen 822
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Symposium 2.10
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.43
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.3
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.153
   • 389 BCE – 314 BCE, Aeschines, Against Ctesiphon 21
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 3.10.1
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Oeconomicus 4.4
   • 413 BCE, Euripides, Ion 602
   • 391 BCE, Aristophanes, Assemblywomen 183
   • 390 BCE – 322 BCE, Hyperides, In Defence of Euxenippus 28
   • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, To Philip 81
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Callippus 3
   • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Archidamus 50
   1. to bring into action some feeling, faculty, passion, state of mind; to exercise, indulge
      1. (of external things) to experience, be subject to
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.29
         • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Nemean Ode 4.58
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.50
         • 310 BCE – 240 BCE, Callimachus, Epigrams 33.3
         • 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, On the Murder of Herodes 21
         • 330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 194
         • 36 BCE – 30 BCE, Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library 13.41
         • 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, On the Murder of Herodes 22
         • 405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 959
         • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 953
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.173
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.216
         • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.2.24
         • 407 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 546
         • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 193
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.35
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.41
         • 430 BCE, Euripides, Herakles' Children 714
         • 440 BCE – 390 BCE, Andocides, On the Mysteries 67
         • 440 BCE – 390 BCE, Andocides, On the Mysteries 120
         • 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Meno 72A
         • 440 BCE – 390 BCE, Andocides, Against Alcibiades 31
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.42
         • 431 BCE, Euripides, Medea 347
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.117
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.137
         • 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 1241
         • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Job 10.17
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.83
         • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Decorum 4
         • 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, Second Tetralogy 3.2
         • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.68
         • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.15
         • 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Apology 18D
         • 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, Third Tetralogy 3.4
         • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, On the Peace 104
         • 55 CE – 56 CE, Paul the Apostle, Second Epistle to the Corinthians 1:17
      2. (paraphrases the verb cognate to its dative)
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.14
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.101
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.134
         • 390 BCE – 322 BCE, Hyperides, In Defence of Euxenippus 11
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.121
         • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Decorum 13
      3. (with duplicate dative) to use as such and such
         • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Democritus, Collected Works 173
         • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.15
         • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 3.14.4
      4. to use for an end or purpose
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.34
         • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Oeconomicus 11.13
         • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.2.9
         • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Oeconomicus 9.6
         • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 3.5.10
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.95
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.193
         • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.11
         • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 5.105
         • 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, The Acharnians 935
         • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.3.18
         • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 60
         • 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Against Simon 10
   2. (of persons, with an adverb of manner) to treat them in such a manner
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.209
      • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.53
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 4.2.8
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 4.3.12
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Dionysodorus 12
      • 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 324
      • 438 BCE, Euripides, Alcestis 801
      • 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, On the Murder of Herodes 63
      • 440 BCE – 390 BCE, Andocides, Against Alcibiades 2
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 3.2.4
        1. to be intimate with, to deal with, make use of, employ
           • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hiero 5.2
           • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 4.8.11
           • 440 BCE – 390 BCE, Andocides, On the Mysteries 49
           • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Democritus, Collected Works 277
           • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, The Art 5
           • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.99
           • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Agesilaus 11.13
           • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.6.5
           • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Archidamus 44
      1. (especially of sexual intercourse)
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.181
         • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.2.29
         • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.1.30
         • 4th century BC, Isaeus, Pyrrhus 10
         • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Neaera 67
      2. to make use of oneself or one's powers
         • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Nicias 17
         • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Eumenes 16
         • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Alexander the Great 45
         • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.2.13
         • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.1.5
   3. (absolute or with an adverb) to be wont to do
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 4.3.23
   4. (with accusative of object)
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Agesilaus 11.11
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Oec. 1350A.7
      • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Wisdom of Solomon 7.14
      • 53 CE – 55 CE, Paul the Apostle, First Epistle to the Corinthians 7:31
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.99
   5. (perfect with a present sense) to be in need or want of, to yearn after
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 19.262
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.13
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 14.124
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.421
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 20.378
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 22.50
      • 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 1264
      • 407 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 382
      • 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Cyclops 98
      • 431 BCE, Euripides, Medea 334
      • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Collected Works 26.18
      • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Collected Works 16.73
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 14.155
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.347
      • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 317
      • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 500
      • 423 BCE, Euripides, The Suppliants 327
      • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 717C
      1. (perfect as a strengthened present) to have in use, to have, possess
   6. (aorist passive)
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.144
      • 361 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Midias 16

Inflection

   Present: χρῶ, χρῶμαι (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	χρῶ	χρῇς	χρῇ	χρῆτον	χρῆτον	χρῶμεν	χρῆτε	χρῶσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	χρῶ	χρῇς	χρῇ	χρῆτον	χρῆτον	χρῶμεν	χρῆτε	χρῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	χρῴην, χρῷμῐ	χρῴης, χρῷς	χρῴη, χρῷ	χρῷτον, χρῴητον	χρῴτην, χρῳήτην	χρῷμεν, χρῴημεν	χρῷτε, χρῴητε	χρῷεν, χρῴησᾰν
	imperative		χρῆ	χρήτω	χρῆτον	χρήτων		χρῆτε	χρώντων
middle/ passive	indicative	χρῶμαι	χρῇ	χρῆται	χρῆσθον	χρῆσθον	χρώμεθᾰ	χρῆσθε	χρῶνται
	subjunctive	χρῶμαι	χρῇ	χρῆται	χρῆσθον	χρῆσθον	χρώμεθᾰ	χρῆσθε	χρῶνται
	optative	χρῴμην	χρῷο	χρῷτο	χρῷσθον	χρῴσθην	χρῴμεθᾰ	χρῷσθε	χρῷντο
	imperative		χρῶ	χρήσθω	χρῆσθον	χρήσθων		χρῆσθε	χρήσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		χρῆν				χρῆσθαι
participle	m	χρῶν				χρώμενος
	f	χρῶσᾰ				χρωμένη
	n	χρῶν				χρώμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἔχρων, ἐχρώμην (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἔχρων	ἔχρης	ἔχρη	ἐχρῆτον	ἐχρήτην	ἐχρῶμεν	ἐχρῆτε	ἔχρων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐχρώμην	ἐχρῶ	ἐχρῆτο	ἐχρῆσθον	ἐχρήσθην	ἐχρώμεθᾰ	ἐχρῆσθε	ἐχρῶντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Future: χρήσω, χρήσομαι, χρησθήσομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	χρήσω	χρήσεις	χρήσει	χρήσετον	χρήσετον	χρήσομεν	χρήσετε	χρήσουσῐ(ν)
	optative	χρήσοιμῐ	χρήσοις	χρήσοι	χρήσοιτον	χρησοίτην	χρήσοιμεν	χρήσοιτε	χρήσοιεν
middle	indicative	χρήσομαι	χρήσῃ, χρήσει	χρήσεται	χρήσεσθον	χρήσεσθον	χρησόμεθᾰ	χρήσεσθε	χρήσονται
	optative	χρησοίμην	χρήσοιο	χρήσοιτο	χρήσοισθον	χρησοίσθην	χρησοίμεθᾰ	χρήσοισθε	χρήσοιντο
passive	indicative	χρησθήσομαι	χρησθήσῃ	χρησθήσεται	χρησθήσεσθον	χρησθήσεσθον	χρησθησόμεθᾰ	χρησθήσεσθε	χρησθήσονται
	optative	χρησθησοίμην	χρησθήσοιο	χρησθήσοιτο	χρησθήσοισθον	χρησθησοίσθην	χρησθησοίμεθᾰ	χρησθήσοισθε	χρησθήσοιντο
		active			middle		passive
infinitive		χρήσειν			χρήσεσθαι		χρησθήσεσθαι
participle	m	χρήσων			χρησόμενος		χρησθησόμενος
	f	χρήσουσᾰ			χρησομένη		χρησθησομένη
	n	χρῆσον			χρησόμενον		χρησθησόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ἔχρησᾰ, ἐχρησᾰ́μην, ἐχρήσθην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἔχρησᾰ	ἔχρησᾰς	ἔχρησε(ν)	ἐχρήσᾰτον	ἐχρησᾰ́την	ἐχρήσᾰμεν	ἐχρήσᾰτε	ἔχρησᾰν
	subjunctive	χρήσω	χρήσῃς	χρήσῃ	χρήσητον	χρήσητον	χρήσωμεν	χρήσητε	χρήσωσῐ(ν)
	optative	χρήσαιμῐ	χρήσειᾰς, χρήσαις	χρήσειε(ν), χρήσαι	χρήσαιτον	χρησαίτην	χρήσαιμεν	χρήσαιτε	χρήσειᾰν, χρήσαιεν
	imperative		χρῆσον	χρησᾰ́τω	χρήσᾰτον	χρησᾰ́των		χρήσᾰτε	χρησᾰ́ντων
middle	indicative	ἐχρησᾰ́μην	ἐχρήσω	ἐχρήσᾰτο	ἐχρήσᾰσθον	ἐχρησᾰ́σθην	ἐχρησᾰ́μεθᾰ	ἐχρήσᾰσθε	ἐχρήσᾰντο
	subjunctive	χρήσωμαι	χρήσῃ	χρήσηται	χρήσησθον	χρήσησθον	χρησώμεθᾰ	χρήσησθε	χρήσωνται
	optative	χρησαίμην	χρήσαιο	χρήσαιτο	χρήσαισθον	χρησαίσθην	χρησαίμεθᾰ	χρήσαισθε	χρήσαιντο
	imperative		χρῆσαι	χρησᾰ́σθω	χρήσᾰσθον	χρησᾰ́σθων		χρήσᾰσθε	χρησᾰ́σθων
passive	indicative	ἐχρήσθην	ἐχρήσθης	ἐχρήσθη	ἐχρήσθητον	ἐχρησθήτην	ἐχρήσθημεν	ἐχρήσθητε	ἐχρήσθησᾰν
	subjunctive	χρησθῶ	χρησθῇς	χρησθῇ	χρησθῆτον	χρησθῆτον	χρησθῶμεν	χρησθῆτε	χρησθῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	χρησθείην	χρησθείης	χρησθείη	χρησθεῖτον, χρησθείητον	χρησθείτην, χρησθειήτην	χρησθεῖμεν, χρησθείημεν	χρησθεῖτε, χρησθείητε	χρησθεῖεν, χρησθείησᾰν
	imperative		χρήσθητῐ	χρησθήτω	χρήσθητον	χρησθήτων		χρήσθητε	χρησθέντων
		active			middle		passive
infinitive		χρῆσαι			χρήσᾰσθαι		χρησθῆναι
participle	m	χρήσᾱς			χρησᾰ́μενος		χρησθείς
	f	χρήσᾱσᾰ			χρησᾰμένη		χρησθεῖσᾰ
	n	χρῆσᾰν			χρησᾰ́μενον		χρησθέν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

• ἀποχράω (apokhráō)
• χρησμός (khrēsmós)

 

Related terms

• χρῄζω (khrḗizō)
• χρηστός (khrēstós)

References

• “χράω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “χράω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “χράω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• χράω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• χράω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “χράω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G5531 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible