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χράω

chrao

proclaim

Appears 112 times across Plato's dialogues.

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χράω (B). FORMS: contr. χρῇ S. El. 35, Ion. χρᾷ Hdt. 1.62(also Luc. DMort. 3.2); inf. χρᾶν Hdt. 8.135 (also Luc. Alex. 19); Ion. part. χρέων h.Ap. 253, fem. χρέωσα Hdt. 7.111; Ep. χρείων Od. 8.79, h.Ap. 396: impf. ἔχραον Pi. O. 7.92 (v.l. ἔχρεον), A.R. 2.454; 3sg. ἔχρη Tyrt. 3.3, Hermesian. 7.89, A.R. 1.302 (ἐξ-) S. OC 87: fut. χρήσω h.Ap. 132, Hdt. 1.19, A. Ag. 1083: aor. ἔχρησα Hdt. 4.156, etc.:—Pass., aor. ἐχρήσθην Id. 1.49, etc.: pf. κέχρησμαι (v.l. κέχρημαι) Id. 4.164, 7.141: plpf. ἐκέχρηστο (v.l. ἐκέχρητο) Id. 2.147, 151, 3.64, etc.:—Med., χρῶμαι Th. 1.126, etc., Ion. χρέομαι Hdt., inf. χρέεσθαι 1.157 (χρᾶσθαι ib.172); part. χρεώμενος 4.151: impf. 3pl. ἐχρέωντο (v.l. ἐχρέοντο) 4.157, 5.82: fut. χρήσομαι Od. 10.492, etc. I. in Act. of the gods and their oracles, proclaim, abs., χρείων μυθήσατο Φοῖβος 8.79: χρείων ἐκ δάφνης γυάλων ὕπο Παρνησοῖο h.Ap. 396: c. acc. rei, χρήσω ἀνθρώποισι Διὸς βουλήν ib.132, cf. Thgn. 807, Pi.l.c., Plot. 2.9.9; ἡ Πυθίη οἱ χρᾷ τάδε Hdt. 1.55, cf. 4.155; χρῆσεν οἰκιστῆρα Βάττον proclaimed him the colonizer, Pi. P. 4.6; also in Trag., ὁ χρήσας A. Eu. 798; χρήσειν ἔοικεν ἀμφὶ τῶν αὑτῆς κακῶν Id. Ag. 1083; χρῇ μοι τοιαῦθʼ ὁ Φοῖβος S. El. 35; σοὶ δʼ οὐκ ἔχρησεν οὐδέν E. Hec. 1268; χ. φόνον Id. El. 1267: also c. acc. cogn., χ. χρησμόν Id. Ph. 409; ὑμνῳδίαν Id. Ion 681 (lyr.): c. inf., warn or direct by oracle, ἔχρησας ὥστε τὸν ξένον μητροκτονεῖν A. Eu. 202; without ὥστε, ib.203; χρήσαντʼ ἐμοὶ . . ἐκτὸς αἰτίας κακῆς εἶναι that I should be . . , Id. Ch. 1030; c. inf. aor., Ar. V. 159: rare in Att. Prose, τάδε ὁ Ἀπόλλων ἔχρησεν IG 12.80.10; τὸν Ἀπόλλω ταύτην τὴν γῆν χρῆσαι οἰκεῖν Th. 2.102; τοῦ θεοῦ χρήσαντος Id. 5.32, cf. Lycurg. 99; ἔχρησεν ὁ θεός SIG 1044.5 (Halic., iv/iii B. C.); ὁ θεὸς ἔχρησε IG 42(1).122.78 (Epid., iv B. C.). II. Pass., to be declared, proclaimed by an oracle, τίς οὖν ἐχρήσθη; E. Ion 792; mostly of the oracle delivered, τὰ ἐκ Δελφῶν οὕτω τῷ Κροίσῳ ἐχρήσθη Hdt. 1.49; τὰ χρηστήρια ταῦτά σφι ἐχρήσθη Id. 9.94; ἠπίως χρησθῆναι Id. 7.143; τὸ χρησθέν, τὰ χρησθέντα, the response, Id. 1.63, 7.178; ἐν Πυθῶνι χρησθὲν παλαίφατον Pi. O. 2.39; πεύθου τὰ χρησθέντʼ S. OT 604; χρησθὲν αὐτῷ ἐν Νεμέᾳ τοῦτο παθεῖν since it was foretold him by an oracle that . . Th. 3.96; ἃ τοῦδʼ ἐχρήσθη σώματος which were declared about it, S. OC 355; τὸν κεχρησμένον θάνατον Hdt. 4.164 (-χρημ- codd.); τοῦ κακοῦ τοῦ κεχρησμένου Id. 7.141 (v.l. -χρημ-): impers., c. inf., καί σφι ἐχρήσθη ἀνέμοισι εὔχεσθαι ib.178: c. acc. et inf., ἐκέχρηστό σφι . . τοῦτον βασιλεύσειν Id. 2.147; c. inf. aor., Id. 7.220. III. Med., of the person to whom the response is given, consult a god or oracle, c. dat., ψυχῇ χρησόμενος Θηβαίου Τειρεσίαο Od. 10.492,565; χ. θεῷ, χρηστηρίοισι, μαντηΐῳ, Hdt. 1.47, 53, 157; τῷ θεῷ Aeschin. 3.124; χ. μάντεσι Μούσαις Ar. Av. 724 (anap.), cf. Pl. Lg. 686a; ὅσοι μαντικὴν νομίζοντες οἰωνοῖς χρῶνται X. Mem. 1.1.3; χ. χρηστηρίῳ εἰ . . inquire at the oracle whether . . , Hdt. 3.57: abs., ὑπέρβη λάϊνον οὐδὸν χρησόμενος Od. 8.81, cf. h.Ap. 252, 292; ἀπέστειλε ἄλλους χρησομένους Hdt. 1.46; οἱ χρώμενοι the consulters, E. Ph. 957; χρωμένῳ ἐν Δελφοῖς Th. 1.126; also χ. περὶ τοῦ πολέμου Hdt. 7.220, cf. 1.85, 4.150,155, etc.; κεχρημένος having inquired of an oracle, Arist. Rh. 1398b33: c. inf., σωφρονεῖν κεχρημένον being divinely warned to be temperate, A. Pers. 829, cf. Marcellin. Vit. Thuc. 6: later simply, receive a divine revelation, Plot. 5.3.14.—Hom. has the word in this sense only in Od.: the Act. only in pres. part. χρείων (fut. χρήσω h.Ap. 132): the Med. only in part. fut. χρησόμενος. B. furnish with a thing, in which sense the pres. was κίχρημι, D. 53.12, Plu. Pomp. 29; Cret. 3sg. κίγχρητι Inscr.Cret. 1 xxiii 3 (Phaestus, ii B. C.); Delph. 3sg. pres. subj. κιχρῇ Schwyzer 324.17 (iv B. C.): aor. χρέη ib.13; pres. part. κιχρέντε ib.adn. (rarely χρηννύναι, χρηννύω, Thphr. Char. 5.10, 10.13: Med., χρηννυόμεθα PCair.Zen. 304.4 (iii B. C.)): fut. χρήσω Hdt. 3.58: aor. ἔχρησα ibid., 6.89, Ar. Th. 219, X. Mem. 3.11.18, Lys. 19.24, IG 12.108.16, etc. (3sg. written ἔκχρησεν IG 12(3).1350.4 (Thera)); imper. χρῆσον Ar. Ra. 1159, Pl. Com.205: pf. κέχρηκα Men. 461, 598, Plb. 29.21.6 ( = D.S. 31.10): plpf. ἐκεχρήκει App. BC 2.29:—Pass., pf. κέχρημαι (δια-) D. 27.11:—Med., pres. κίχρᾰμαι Plu. 2.534b; inf. κίχρασθαι Thphr. Char. 30.20: impf. ἐκιχράμην AP 9.584.10: aor. ἐχρησάμην, imper. χρῆσαι E. El. 191 (lyr.), etc.:—furnish the use of a thing, i.e. lend, usu. in a friendly way, δανείζω being the word applied to usurers (but χ. = δανείζω in Antipho Soph. 54), ll. cc.; οὐ δεδωκώς, ἀλλὰ χρήσας Arist. EN 1162b33, cf. LXX Ex. 11.3; ἡ πειρατικὴ δύναμις χρήσασα ταῖς βασιλικαῖς ὑπηρεσίαις ἑαυτήν Plu. Pomp. 24; χ. τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σχολήν τισι Id. Phil. 13; χ. τὰν χέρα, in the formula of manumission, IG 9(1).189, 194 (Tithora):—Med., borrow, τι E. El. 191 (lyr.), Thphr. Char. 30.20: abs., χρησαμένη γὰρ ἔνησα καὶ οὐκ ἔχω ἀνταποδοῦναι Batr. 186; πόδας χρήσας, ὄμματα χρησάμενος having lent feet and borrowed eyes, of a blind man carrying a lame one, AP 9.13 (Pl.Jun.), cf. Pl. Demod. 384b, 384c. II. = χρηματίζω III, τοῦ χρέοντος γραμματέως CIG 2562.18 (s. v. l., Hierapytna). For χράω (C), see χράομαι
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