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|txtha=. χρωμαι; [[imperfect]] 3rd [[person]] plural ἐχρῶντο; 1st aorist ἐχρησάμην; [[perfect]] [[κέχρημαι]] (G L T Tr WH); from [[Homer]] [[down]]; ([[middle]] of [[χράω]] ([[thought]] to be [[allied]] by metathesis [[with]] [[χείρ]] (cf. [[Curtius]], § 189)), 'to [[grant]] a [[loan]]', 'to [[lend]]' ([[but]] cf. Liddell and Scott, [[under]] the [[word]]; [[they]] [[regard]] the [[radical]] [[sense]] as 'to [[furnish]] [[what]] is [[needful]]'); [[hence]])<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[properly]], to [[receive]] a [[loan]]; to [[borrow]].<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to [[take]] for [[one]]'s [[use]]; to [[use]]: τίνι (Winer s Grammar, § 31,1i.), to [[make]] [[use]] of a [[thing]], τῷ κόσμῳ, the [[good]] things of [[this]] [[world]], R G ([[see]] [[below]]); [[μᾶλλον]] [[χρῆσαι]], [[namely]], the [[opportunity]] of [[becoming]] [[free]], τῷ κληθῆναι [[δοῦλον]] ([[see]] references [[under]] the [[word]] εἰ, III:6a.)). [[contrary]] to the [[regular]] [[usage]] of classical Greek [[with]] an accusative: [[τόν]] κόσμον, L T Tr WH; [[see]] Meyer at the [[passage]]; Buttmann, § 133,18; Winer's Grammar, as [[above]]; ([[also]] in [[Aristotle]], oecon. 2,22, p. 1350{a}, 7)). [[with]] the dative of a [[virtue]] or [[vice]] describing the [[mode]] of [[thinking]] or acting: τῇ ἐλαφρίᾳ (R. V. '[[shew]] [[fickleness]]'), [[πολλή]] [[παρρησία]], [[Herodotus]] [[down]], [[see]] Passow, ii., p. 2497b; (Liddell and Scott, [[under]] the [[word]], II. a.)). [[with]] adverbs ([[see]] Passow, ii., p. 2497{a}; (Liddell and Scott, [[under]] the [[word]], IV.)): [[ἀποτόμως]], to [[deal]] [[sharply]], [[use]] [[sharpness]], τίνι, to [[bear]] [[oneself]] toward, to [[deal]] [[with]], [[treat]], [[one]] ([[often]] so in Greek writings; [[see]] Passow, ii., p. 2496{b}; (Liddell and Scott, [[under]] the [[word]], III:1,2)), Acts 27:3.
|txtha=. χρωμαι; [[imperfect]] 3rd [[person]] plural ἐχρῶντο; 1st aorist ἐχρησάμην; [[perfect]] [[κέχρημαι]] (G L T Tr WH); from [[Homer]] [[down]]; ([[middle]] of [[χράω]] ([[thought]] to be [[allied]] by metathesis [[with]] [[χείρ]] (cf. [[Curtius]], § 189)), 'to [[grant]] a [[loan]]', 'to [[lend]]' ([[but]] cf. Liddell and Scott, [[under]] the [[word]]; [[they]] [[regard]] the [[radical]] [[sense]] as 'to [[furnish]] [[what]] is [[needful]]'); [[hence]])<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[properly]], to [[receive]] a [[loan]]; to [[borrow]].<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to [[take]] for [[one]]'s [[use]]; to [[use]]: τίνι (Winer s Grammar, § 31,1i.), to [[make]] [[use]] of a [[thing]], τῷ κόσμῳ, the [[good]] things of [[this]] [[world]], R G ([[see]] [[below]]); [[μᾶλλον]] [[χρῆσαι]], [[namely]], the [[opportunity]] of [[becoming]] [[free]], τῷ κληθῆναι [[δοῦλον]] ([[see]] references [[under]] the [[word]] εἰ, III:6a.)). [[contrary]] to the [[regular]] [[usage]] of classical Greek [[with]] an accusative: [[τόν]] κόσμον, L T Tr WH; [[see]] Meyer at the [[passage]]; Buttmann, § 133,18; Winer's Grammar, as [[above]]; ([[also]] in [[Aristotle]], oecon. 2,22, p. 1350{a}, 7)). [[with]] the dative of a [[virtue]] or [[vice]] describing the [[mode]] of [[thinking]] or acting: τῇ ἐλαφρίᾳ (R. V. '[[shew]] [[fickleness]]'), [[πολλή]] [[παρρησία]], [[Herodotus]] [[down]], [[see]] Passow, ii., p. 2497b; (Liddell and Scott, [[under]] the [[word]], II. a.)). [[with]] adverbs ([[see]] Passow, ii., p. 2497{a}; (Liddell and Scott, [[under]] the [[word]], IV.)): [[ἀποτόμως]], to [[deal]] [[sharply]], [[use]] [[sharpness]], τίνι, to [[bear]] [[oneself]] toward, to [[deal]] [[with]], [[treat]], [[one]] ([[often]] so in Greek writings; [[see]] Passow, ii., p. 2496{b}; (Liddell and Scott, [[under]] the [[word]], III:1,2)), Acts 27:3.
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(See also χράω)    C Med. χράομαι, Att. χρῶμαι, χρῇ prob. in Pl.Hp.Mi.369a, χρῆται Ar.V.1028 (anap.), etc. (also Trag., A.Ag.953), χρώμεθα, χρῆσθε, χρῶνται, And.4.6, Pl.La.194c, Th.1.70, etc.; Dor. χρέομαι Sophr.126; Ion. χρᾶται Hdt.1.132, al. (so in later Prose, Iamb. in Nic.p.28 P.); χρέεται v.l. in Hdt.4.50; χρέονται Hp.Aër.1; χρέωνται Hdt.1.34, 4.108, al.; χρείωνται Heraclit.104; opt. χρῴμην, χρῷο Pl. Cri.45b, χρῷτο Gorg.Fr.20, etc.; Ion. χρέοιτο Hp.Acut.56; imper. χρῶ Democr.270, Ar.Th.212, Isoc.1.34, Ion. χρέο Hp.Steril.230, Hdt. 1.155 (v.l. χρέω, as in Hp.Acut. (Sp.) 62); 3sg. Dor. χρηείσθω SIG 1009.7 (Chalcedon, iii/ii B. C.); 2pl. χρῆσθε And.1.11; 3pl. χρήσθων Ar.Nu.439 (s. v.l.; v. infr.111.4b), Th.5.18; χρώσθων IG12.122.5; Dor. χρόνσθω Mnemos.57.208 (Argos, vi B. C.); inf. Att. and Ion. χρῆσθαι IG12.57.19, Ar.Av.1040, Lys.25.20, SIG57.5 (Milet., v B. C.), IG12(5).593 A12 (Ceos, v B. C.); Ion. and Hellenistic χρᾶσθαι Hdt. 2.15, 3.20, al., IG12(5).606.9 (Ceos, iv/iii B. C.), SIG344.50 (Teos, iv B. C.), 1106.80 (Cos, iv/iii B. C.), PCair.Zen.299.10 (iii B. C.), OGI214.19 (Didyma, iii B. C.), IG22.1325.24 (both forms in Phld.Rh.1.66S. and Ph.Bel., χρῆσθαι 57.35, al., χρᾶσθαι 53.49, al.), Ion. χρέεσθαι as v.l. for χρῆσθαι Hdt.1.21, 187, al. (χρῆσθαι ib.153 codd.), so in Arc., IG5 (2).514.14 (Lycosura, ii B. C.), Elean χρηῆσται Inscr.Olymp.1.3 (vii/vi B. C.), Boeot. χρειεῖσθη IG7.3169 (Orchom., iii B. C.); Locr. and Lacon. χρῆσται IG9(1).334.19, 23 (Oeanthea, v B. C.), 5(1).1317.8 (Thalamae, iv/iii B. C.); part. Att. χρώμενος A.Eu.655, IG12.81.6, etc.; Ep. and Ion. χρεώμενος Il.23.834 (as a dactyl), Hdt.2.108, Hp.Acut.18, Dor. χρείμενος SIG395.4, 438.11 (both Delph., iii B. C.), Berl.Sitzb.1927.156 (Cyrene), χρήμενος Riv.Fil.58.472 (Gortyn, iii B. C.), χρεύμενος SIG1166.3 (Dodona): impf. Att. ἐχρώμην Antipho 5.63, ἐχρῶ Ar.Ra. 111, And.1.49, ἐχρῆτο Th.1.130, etc.; pl., ἐχρώμεθα Lys.Fr.29, ἐχρῶντο Antipho 6.28, etc.; Ion. ἐχρᾶτο Hdt.2.173 (v.l. -ῆτο), 3.3, 129, al. (also found in Anaxipp.1.9 codd.Ath.), ἐχρέωντο Hdt.2.108, al.: but ἐχρῆτο 3.41 codd., Herod.6.55, (προσ-) Hp.Epid.3.17.ά: fut. χρήσομαι S.Ph.1133 (lyr.), etc.; also κεχρήσομαι Theoc.16.73: aor. ἐχρησάμην S.OT117, Th.5.7, al.: pf. κέχρημαι (v. infr. 1): aor. ἐχρήσθην in pass. sense (v. infr. vii):—in pf. κέχρημαι (with pres. sense) c. gen., desire, yearn after, the usual sense in Ep., οὔτ' εὐνῆς πρόφασιν κεχρημένος (sc. αὐτῆς) οὔτε τευ ἄλλου Il.19.262; νόστου κεχρημένον ἠδὲ γυναικός Od.1.13; κομιδῆς κεχρημένοι ἄνδρες 14.124, cf. 17.421, 20.378, 22.50; μαντοσυνεων κεχρημένοι Emp.112.10.    2 to be in want of, lack, τοῦ κεχρημένοι; S.Ph.1264, cf. E.IA382 (troch.); [βορᾶς] κεχρημένοι Id.Cyc.98; οὐ πόνων κεχρήμεθα Id.Med.334; τίνος κέχρησθε, γυναῖκες; Theoc.26.18: fut., ὃς ἐμεῦ κεχρήσετ' ἀοιδοῦ Id.16.73; χρήσομεθα εἰς τὰ ἔργα καὶ ὁδοῦ . . καὶ ὕδατος we shall need . ., SIG1182.12 (Ephes., iii B. C.): freq. abs. in part. κεχρημένος, lacking, needy, Od.14.155, 17.347, Hes.Op.317, 500, E.Supp.327, Pl.Lg. 717c: but κεχρηόσι δαίτης is f.l. for κεχαρηόσι in Nic.Fr.70.18.    3 pf. and plpf. κέχρημαι, κεχρήμην, in pres. and impf. sense, c. dat., enjoy, have, φρεσὶ γὰρ κέχρητ' ἀγαθῇσι (ν) Od.3.266, 14.421, 16.398; αὕτη (sc. ἡ χώρη) ὕδασι κάλλιστα κέχρηται Hp.Aër.12; ἡ καταδεεστέροις τούτοις (sc. τοῖς εἴδεσι) κεχρημένη τραγῳδία Arist.Po.1450a32, cf.a13, b33; ἄλλαις, μικραῖς διαφοραῖς, Id.Metaph.1042b31, Phgn.809a8; ὑγροτέραις σαρξί ib.b11; θριξὶ ξανθαῖς ib.25; καθαρωτάτῳ . . αἵματι Id.Resp.477a21; τῶν . . πλαγίαις ταῖς ῥάβδοις κεχρημένων (sc. ἰχθύων) Id.Fr.295; εὐγενείᾳ κεχρημένος IG42(1).83.10 (Epid., i A. D.); σφαιρικῷ ὄγκῳ PLit.Lond.167.25 (ii/iii A. D.), cf. κεχρημένως (Addenda); so in pres., χρῶνται δειλαῖς φρεσὶ, δαίμονι δ' ἐσθλῷ Thgn.161; μέρη τραγῳδίας, οἷς ὡς εἴδεσι δεῖ χρῆσθαι, πρότερον εἴπομεν Arist.Po.1452b14, cf. 1458b14.    II use, pres. once in Hom., abs., ἑξει μιν καὶ πέντε περιπλομένους ἐνιαυτοὺς χρεώμενος Il.23.834: later mostly c. dat. (for acc. v. infr. VI), ἀκμαζούσῃ τῇ ῥώμῃ τῶν χειρῶν χρώμενος Antipho 4.3.3; ἐσθῆτι τοιῇδε χρέωνται Hdt.1.195, cf. 202, Ar.Ra. 1061 (anap.); διφασίοισι γράμμασι χ. Hdt.2.36; τοῖσιοὐνόμασι τῶν θεῶν ib.52; πλατυτέροισι ἐχρέωντο τοῖσι πόμασι, ἐκ φρεάτων χρεώμενοι ib. 108; τοῖσι ἐποποιοῖσι χρεώμενον λέγειν ib.120; ὅστις ἐμπύρῳ χρῆται τέχνῃ consults burnt offerings, E.Ph.954; χ. ἀργυρίῳ make use of money, Pl.R.333b; ἀργύρῳ Ar.Ec.822; χ. ἵπποις manage them, X.Smp.2.10; χ. ἰχθύσι use for food, Plu.2.668f; οἴνῳ χ. ἐπὶ πλέον ib.715d; χ. ναυτιλίῃσι, θαλάσσῃ, Hdt.2.43, Th.1.3; ὠνῇ καὶ πρήσι Hdt.1.153; δρασμῷ Aeschin.3.21; τέχναις X.Mem.3.10.1, Oec.4.4; τῇ τέχνῃ POxy.1029.25 (ii A. D.); χρώμενοι τῇ πόλει taking a part in politics, E.Ion602; ἐκκλησίαισιν ἦν ὅτ' οὐκ ἐχρώμεθα Ar.Ec.183; ἄλλον τρόπον τῇ πολιτείᾳ κέχρημαι, = πεπολίτευμαι, Hyp.Eux.28; φωνὴν δυναμένην ὄχλῳ χρῆσθαι Isoc.5.81; τῇ τραπέζῃ τῇ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐχρῆτο he had dealings with my father's bank, D.52.3; χ. τοῖς πράγμασι καὶ τοῖς καιροῖς administer them, Isoc.6.50.    III experience, suffer, be subject to, esp. external events or conditions, δάμαρτος 'Ιππολύτας Ἀκάστου δολίαις τέχναισι χρησάμενος having experienced, Pi.N.4.58; κείμεθ' ἀγηράντῳ χρώμενοι εὐλογίῃ Simon.100.4; νιφετῷ Hdt.4.50; στίβῃ καὶ νιφετῷ Call.Epigr.33.3; χειμῶνι Antipho 5.21, D.18.194; λαίλαπι AP7.503 (Leon.); στυγεροῖς πνεύμασι Epigr. ap. D.S.13.41 (iv B. C.); ἀνάγκῃ Antipho 5.22; οἰκεῖα πράγματ' εἰσάγων, οἷς χρώμεθ', οἷς σύνεσμεν Ar.Ra.959; γυναικῶν τῶν τοῖς τόκοις χρωμένων πλείοσιν Arist.HA582a24; ἀπεψίαις χ. IG42(1).126.4 (Epid., ii A. D.); ἑκὼν . . οὐδεὶς δουλίῳ χρῆται ζυγῷ A.Ag.953; νόμοισι χ. live under laws, Hdt. 1.173,216, cf. IG9(1).334.19 (Locr., v B. C.); νόμοις τοῖς ἰδίοις Riv.Fil.58.472 (Gortyn, iii B. C.); ἀνομίᾳ X.Mem.1.2.24; γαλανείᾳ χρησάμενοι μανιάδων οἴστρων E.IA546 (lyr.); χ. εὐμαρείᾳ to be at ease, S.Tr.193 (but, ease oneself, Hdt.2.35); συντυχίῃ χ. Id.5.41; τύχῃ E.Heracl.714, And.1.67,120; πολλῇ εὐτυχίᾳ Pl.Men.72a; πολλῇ τῇ νίκῃ χρῆται, = παρὰ πολὺ νικᾷ, And.4.31; συμφορῇ κεχρημένος Hdt.1.42, cf. E.Med.347; τοιούτῳ μόρῳ ἐχρήσατο ὁ παῖς Hdt. 1.117; θείῃ πομπῇ χρεώμενος divinely sent, ib.62; of mental conditions present in the subject, τῷ χόλῳ χρέομαι I feel anger, Sophr. 126; λογισάμενος ἢν εὑρίσκῃ πλέω τε καὶ μέζω τὰ ἀδικήματα ἐόντα τῶν ὑποργημάτων, οὕτω τῷ θυμῷ χρᾶται Hdt.1.137; μὴ πάντα θυμῷ χρέο ib.155; ὀργῇ χρωμένη S.OT1241; ὀργῇ μεγάλῃ μοι ἐχρήσω LXX Jb.10.17, cf. 19.11, al.; ἀγνωμοσύνῃ χρησάμενοι ἀπέστησαν they stiffened their necks and . . Hdt.5.83; οἴησις γάρ, καὶ μάλιστα ἐν ἰητρικῇ, αἰτίην μὲντοῖσι κεχρημένοισιν, ὄλεθρον δὲ τοῖσι χρεωμένοισι ἐπιφέρει vanity brings blame on its possessor (or victim) and ruin on those who consult him, Hp Decent.4; πολλῇ ἀνοίᾳ χρώμενος Antipho 3.3.2; ἀμαθίᾳ πλέονι . . χρῆσθε Th.1.68; ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις μείζοσιν ἢ κατὰ τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν οὐσίαν ἐχρῆτο Id.6.15; φθόνῳ καὶ διαβολῇ χ. Pl.Ap.18d; οὺ τῇ ἑαυτοῦ ἁμαρτίᾳ ἀλλὰ τῇ τοῦ πατάξαντος χρησάμενος ἀπέθανεν Antipho 4.3.4; τοῖς ἁμαρτήμασι παραπλησίοις ἐχρήσαντο Isoc.8.104; μή τι ἄρα τῇ ἐλαφρίᾳ ἐχρησάμην; 2 Ep.Cor.1.17.    2 with verbal nouns. periphr. for the verb derived from the noun, ἀληθέϊ λόγῳ χ. use true speech, i.e. speak the truth, Hdt.1.14; ἀληθείῃ χ. ib.116, 7.101; βοῇ χ. set up a cry, Id.4.134; τοιούτῳ πράγματι οὐ κέχρησαι, = οὐδὲν τοιοῦτο ἔπραξας, Hyp.Eux.11; δαψιλέϊ τῷ ποτῷ (fort. πότῳ) χρησαμένους Hdt.2.121.δ'; ἐσόδῳ χρέο πυκνῶς visit often, Hp.Decent.13; ἡ σελήνη . . διὰ παντὸς τῇ ἴσῃ παραυξήσει καὶ μειώσει χρῆται Gem.18.16.    3 c. dupl. dat., use as so and so, τοῖς ἀγαθοῖσιν . . χ. πρὸς τὰ κακὰ ἀλκῇ Democr.173; μιᾷ πόλει ταύτῃ χ. Th.2.15; χ. τῷ σίτῳ ὄψῳ ἢ τῷ ὄψῳ σίτῳ X.Mem.3.14.4.    4 χ. τισιν ἔς τι use for an end or purpose, Hdt.1.34; πρός τι X.Oec.11.13; ἐπί τι Id.Mem.1.2.9; ἀμφί or περί τι, Id.Oec.9.6, An.3.5.10; with neut. Adj. or Pron. as Adv., τάδε [τῷ ἀμφιβλήστρῳ] χ. makes the following use of the net, Hdt.2.95; χρέωνται οὐδὲν ἐλαίῳ Id.1.193; χρυσῷ καὶ χαλκῷ τὰ πάντα χρέωνται ib.215; λογισμῷ ἐλάχιστα χ., πλεῖστα ἀρετῇ χ., Th.2.11, 5.105; τί χρήσεταί ποτ' αὐτῷ; what use will he make of him? Ar.Ach.935, cf. X.An.1.3.18; χ. τἀνδρὶ τοῖς τ' ἐμοῖς λόγοις S.Tr.60; ἠπορούμην ὅ τι χρησαίμην τῇ τούτου παρανομίᾳ Lys.3.10.    b treat, deal with, παραδίδωμι χρᾶσθαι αὐτῷ τοῦτο ὅ τι σὺ βούλεαι Hdt.1.210, cf. Ar.Nu.439 (anap.; fort. delendum χρήσθων), Isoc.12.107; εἰ τύχοι (sc. γυνὴ) μὴ ἐπιτηδεία γενομένη, τί χρὴ τῇ συμφορᾷ χρῆσθαι; Antipho Soph.49; ἀπορέων ὅ τι χρήσηται τῷ παρεόντι πρήγματι not knowing what to make of it, Hdt.7.213; ἠπόρει ὅτι χρήσαιτο Pl.Prt.321c; οὐκ ἂν ἔχοις ὅτι χρῷο σαυτῷ Id.Cri.45b; in elliptical phrases, τί οὖν χρησώμεθα; Id.Ly.213c; Θηβαίους ἔχοντες . . τί χρήσεσθε; D.8.74: c. dat. et acc. cogn., χρωμένους τῷ κτείναντι χρείαν ἣν ἂν ἐθέλωσι Pl.Lg.868b, cf. 785b, Clit.407e.    IV of persons, χρῆσθαί τινι ὡς . . treat him as... χ. τινὶ ὡς ἀνδρὶ ψεύστῃ Hdt.7.209; χ. [τισὶν] ὡς πολεμίοις, ὡς φίλοις καὶ πιστοῖς, treat as friends or enemies, regard them as such, Th.1.53, X.Cyr.4.2.8; so φιλικώτερον χρῆσθαί τισι Id.Mem.4.3.12; ὑβριστικῶς χ. τισί D.56.12; also without ὡς, ἔμοιγε χρώμενος διδασκάλῳ A.Pr.324, cf. Heraclit.104; ὥς γ' ἐμοὶ χρῆσθαι κριτῇ E.Alc. 801; οὐ σφόδρα ἐχρώμην Αυκίνῳ φίλῳ Antipho 5.63; πλείστοις καὶ δεινοτάτοις ἐχροῖς χ. And.4.2; ἀσθενέσι χ. πολεμίοις X.Cyr.3.2.4.    b χρῆσθαί τινι (without φίλῳ) to be intimate with a man, X.Hier.5.2, Mem.4.8.11; χρῆσθαι καὶ συνεῖναί τισι And.1.49; ἀνάγκη, ὃς ἂν γένηται (sc. παῖς, son), τούτῳ χρῆσθαι one must put up with the son that is born, Democr.277: ἰητρῷ μὴ χρωμένους not consulting a doctor, Hp.de Arte5 (so c. dat. et acc., ἐσιέναι παρὰ βασιλέα μηδένα, δι' ἀγγέλων δὲ πάντα χρᾶσθαι (sc. αὐτῷ) deal with him in everything by messengers, Hdt.1.99); so Πλάτωνι, Ξενοφῶντι, χ. use, study their writings, Plu.2.79d: abs., οἱ χρώμενοι friends, X.Ages.11.13, Mem.2.6.5, Isoc.6.44.    2 esp. of sexual intercourse, γυναιξὶ ἐχρᾶτο Hdt.2.181, cf. X.Mem.1.2.29, 2.1.30, Is.3.10, D.59.67.    3 χρῆσθαι ἑαυτῷ make use ofoneself or one's powers, with a part., οὐδ' ὑγιαίνοντι χρώμενος ἑαυτῷ Plu.Nic.17; αὑτῷ νήφοντι χ. Id.Eum.16: so with an Adv., χ. ἑαντῷ πρὸς τοὺς κινδύνους ἀφειδῶς Id.Alex.45; παρέχειν ἑαυτὸν ταῖς ἀρχαῖς χρῆσθαι place oneself at the disposal of another, X.Cyr.1.2.13, cf. 8.1.5.    V abs., or with Adv., χρῶνται Πέρσαι οὕτω so the Persians are wont to do, such is their custom. ib.4.3.23.    VI in later Gk. (τῷ μεγαλόφρονι shd. be read for τὸ μεγαλόφρον in X.Ages.11.11) c. acc. rei, χ. τὰ ἀπὸ λιμένων . . εἰς διοίκησιν τῆς πόλεως Arist.Oec.1350a7; [θησαυρὸν] χρησάμενοι (v.l. κτησάμενοι) LXXWi.7.14; οἱ χρώμενοι τὸν κόσμον ὡς μὴ καταχρώμενοι 1 Ep.Cor.7.31; ἄνηθον μετ' ἐλαίου χρήσασθαι IG42(1).126.27 (Epid., ii A. D.); ὕδωρ χρῶ PTeb.273.28 (ii/iii A. D.):— for Hdt.1.99, v. supr. IV. 1b.    VII Pass., to be used, esp. in aor., αἱ δὲ (sc. αἱ νέες) οὐκ ἐχρήσθησαν Hdt.7.144; τέως ἂν χρησθῇ so long as it be in use, D.21.16; [σιδήρου τοῦ] χρησθέντος εἰς τύλους Supp.Epigr.4.447.48 (Didyma, ii B. C.); Hsch. also has χρησθήσεται· χρησιμεύσει:—v. supr. A.11.    D for χρή, v. sub voc. (Origin and historical order of the forms and senses not clear: χρή and χρῄζω are cogn.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 1368] s. unter χράω.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

χράομαι: ἴδε χράω Γ.

French (Bailly abrégé)

v. χράω².

English (Autenrieth)

part. χρεώμενος, perf. part. κεχρημένος, plup. κέχρητο: have use or need of; ‘according to his need,’ Il. 23.834 ; κεχρημένος, ‘desiring,’ Il. 19.262; as adj., ‘needy,’ Od. 17.347; plup., φρεσὶ γὰρ κέχρητ' ἀγαθῇσιν, ‘had,’ Od. 3.266.

English (Strong)

middle voice of a primary verb (perhaps rather from χείρ, to handle); to furnish what is needed; (give an oracle, "graze" (touch slightly), light upon, etc.), i.e. (by implication) to employ or (by extension) to act towards one in a given manner: entreat, use. Compare χράω; χρή.

English (Thayer)

. χρωμαι; imperfect 3rd person plural ἐχρῶντο; 1st aorist ἐχρησάμην; perfect κέχρημαι (G L T Tr WH); from Homer down; (middle of χράω (thought to be allied by metathesis with χείρ (cf. Curtius, § 189)), 'to grant a loan', 'to lend' (but cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word; they regard the radical sense as 'to furnish what is needful'); hence)
1. properly, to receive a loan; to borrow.
2. to take for one's use; to use: τίνι (Winer s Grammar, § 31,1i.), to make use of a thing, τῷ κόσμῳ, the good things of this world, R G (see below); μᾶλλον χρῆσαι, namely, the opportunity of becoming free, τῷ κληθῆναι δοῦλον (see references under the word εἰ, III:6a.)). contrary to the regular usage of classical Greek with an accusative: τόν κόσμον, L T Tr WH; see Meyer at the passage; Buttmann, § 133,18; Winer's Grammar, as above; (also in Aristotle, oecon. 2,22, p. 1350{a}, 7)). with the dative of a virtue or vice describing the mode of thinking or acting: τῇ ἐλαφρίᾳ (R. V. 'shew fickleness'), πολλή παρρησία, Herodotus down, see Passow, ii., p. 2497b; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. a.)). with adverbs (see Passow, ii., p. 2497{a}; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, IV.)): ἀποτόμως, to deal sharply, use sharpness, τίνι, to bear oneself toward, to deal with, treat, one (often so in Greek writings; see Passow, ii., p. 2496{b}; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, III:1,2)), Acts 27:3.

Greek Monotonic

χράομαι: χρησιμοποιώ, βλ. χράω Γ.