χράομαι

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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χρή (khrḗ) +‎ -άω (-áō).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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χρᾰ́ομαι (khráomai)

  1. (in perfect, κέχρημαι, with present sense)
    1. desire, yearn after [with genitive ‘something, someone’]
    2. to need, lack [with genitive ‘something’]
    3. (in perfect and pluperfect) to enjoy a benefit, have [with dative ‘something’]
  2. (in present or perfect, mainly after Homer)
    1. to use, make use of, take part in, manage, administer, etc. [with dative ‘something’]
    2. to experience, suffer, be subject to, feel
    3. with verbal nouns, periphrasis for the verb related to the noun
    4. to use [with dative ‘something’ and dative ‘for something’]
    5. to deal with
    6. to treat [with dative ‘someone’] in a particular way

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χρή (> DER χρῶμαι)”, 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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