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|mdlsjtxt=[[χράομαι]], χρή]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> that [[which]] one needs must pay, an [[obligation]], [[debt]], Od.; a [[debt]] for [[stolen]] [[cattle]], Il.; [[χρεῖος]] ἀποστήσασθαι to pay a [[debt]] in [[full]], Il.; ἀρᾶς τίνει χρ. pays the [[debt]] demanded by the [[curse]], Aesch.; [[χρέος]] πόλει προσάπτειν to [[attach]] a [[further]] [[debt]], i.e. [[guilt]] to the [[city]], Soph.; [[χρέος]] ἀποδιδόναι to [[repay]] a [[debt]], Hdt., Ar.:—in pl. debts, χρειῶν [[λύσις]] Hes.; τὴν οὐσίαν ἅπασαν [[χρέα]] κατέλιπε [[left]] all the [[property]] in [[outstanding]] debts, Dem.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> a [[needful]] [[business]], an [[affair]], [[matter]], ἑὸν [[αὐτοῦ]] [[χρεῖος]] Od.: a [[requirement]], a [[purpose]], Soph.: c. gen., like [[χάριν]], for the [[sake]] of, σὸν οὐκ [[ἔλασσον]] ἢ κείνης [[χρέος]] Eur.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> like [[χρῆμα]], a [[thing]], τί [[χρέος]]; = τί [[χρῆμα]]; [[wherefore]]? Aesch.; ἐφ' [[ὅ τι]] χρ. ἐμόλετε; Eur.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> in Od., [[ἦλθον]] Τειρεσίαο κατὰ [[χρέος]] seems to be = Τειρεσίᾳ χρησόμενος, I came to [[consult]] him:—but, κατὰ [[χρέος]] according to [[what]] is due, as is [[meet]], Hhymn.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> a [[duty]], [[task]], [[charge]], [[office]], Pind., Trag.<br /><b class="num">V.</b> = [[χρεία]], [[want]], [[need]], τί δὲ τοῦδ' [[ἔχει]] πλέκους [[χρέος]]; Ar.

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