χράω
chrao-2
fall upon, attack, assail
Appears 16 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
χράω (A), used in Ep. only in aor. 2, A. fall upon, attack, assail, c. dat. pers., στυγερὸς δέ οἱ ἔχραε δαίμων Od. 5.396; τίς τοι κακὸς ἔχραε δαίμων; 10.64; so ἠϊθέοις οὐκ ἔστι τόσος πόνος, ὁππόσος ἡμῖν . . ἔχραε AP 5.296 (): cf. ἐπιχράω (B). II. c. acc. rei, inflict upon a person, κακὸν δέ οἱ ἔχραε κοῖτον Th. 315. III. c. inf., conceive a desire to . . , τίπτε σὸς υἱὸς ἐμὸν ῥόον ἔχραε κήδειν ἐξ ἄλλων; why did he want (or needed he) to vex my stream of all others? Il. 21.369; μνηστῆρες . . , οἳ τόδε δῶμα ἐχράετʼ ἐσθιέμεν καὶ πινέμεν ye suitors . . , who have become so eager to . . , Od. 21.69. (For signfs. Ι, ΙΙ, cf. ζαχρηής; for ΙΙΙ perh. cf. χρή, κέχρημαι (χράομαι, χρῇ, χρῇς.)
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