χρή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to yearn”).

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰrɛ̌ː/ → /xri/ → /xri/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰrɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰre̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xri/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xri/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xri/

Verb

χρή • (khrḗ)

1. (impersonal, expressing necessity) have to, ought, should (with accusative of person and present or aorist infinitive)

Conjugation

• Present indicative: χρή (khrḗ)
• Present infinitive: χρῆναι (khrênai)
• Imperfect indicative: ἐχρῆν (ekhrên), χρῆν (khrên)

References

• “χρή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “χρή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “χρή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• χρή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “χρή”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G5534 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • destine idem, page 217.
  • fated idem, page 309.
  • incumbent idem, page 431.
  • necessary idem, page 553.