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χρέος

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Nominal formation from the root of χράομαι (khráomai), χρεώ (khreṓ, to need), and χρή (khrḗ, have to, ought); see the latter for more.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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χρέος (khréosn (genitive χρέους); third declension

  1. want, need
  2. affair, business
  3. debt

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: χρέος (chréos)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χρή (> DER > 2. χρέος)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1648-9

Further reading

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Greek

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek χρέος (khréos).

Noun

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χρέος (chréosn (plural χρέη)

  1. debt

Declension

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Declension of χρέος
singular plural
nominative χρέος (chréos) χρέη (chréi)
genitive χρέους (chréous) χρεών (chreón)
accusative χρέος (chréos) χρέη (chréi)
vocative χρέος (chréos) χρέη (chréi)

Further reading

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