χρή

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Apparently from a Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-, *ǵʰreh₁- (to desire, need), with relation to other roots uncertain. Traditional theories connecting the root to Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (to yearn) (whence χαίρω (khaírō, to be cheerful)) or to Sanskrit हरति (hárati, to bring, carry) (which itself is of disputed origin, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (to enclose) according to de Vaan) are deemed unconvincing by Beekes.[1]

Originally probably a neuter noun in plural, but used always as a verbal expression by omission of copula ἐστί or "crasis" of χρὴ with it.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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χρή (khrḗ)

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

Inflection

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  • Present indicative: χρή (khrḗ) (from χρή ἐστι)
  • Present infinitive: χρῆναι (khrênai) (from χρὴ εἶναι)
  • Imperfect indicative: ἐχρῆν (ekhrên), and originally χρῆν (khrên) (from χρὴ ἦν).
  • Present subjuntive: χρῇ (khrêi) (from χρὴ ᾖ).
  • Present optative: χρείη (khreíē) (from χρὴ εἴη).
  • Present participle, mostly as noun: χρεών (khreṓn) (from χρὴ ὄν > χρηόν > χρεών: transfer of vowel quantity).
  • Future indicative: χρήσει (khrḗsei) and originally χρήσται (khrḗstai) (from χρὴ ἔσται, which in some codexes is sometimes erroneously written χρῆσται and even χρῆσθαι).
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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χρή”, 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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  • 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.