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|Definition=Ep. χρειώ, gen. οῦς, ἡ, less freq. neut., <span class="bibl">Il.10.142</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.2.28</span>, <span class="bibl">5.189</span> (where [[τόσον]] agrees with [[χ]].), <span class="bibl">4.312</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.10.85</span>, <span class="bibl">11.606</span>, perhaps <span class="bibl">9.197</span>,<span class="bibl">608</span>, <span class="bibl">21.322</span>, <span class="bibl">23.308</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.4.707</span>; <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> τὸ χ. <span class="title">Inscr.Prien.</span>9), al. (ii/i B. C.): (χρή, χρεία):—[[want]], [[need]]; <b class="b3">ἦ τι μάλα χρεώ</b> of a truth there is much [[need]], <span class="bibl">Il.9.197</span>; <b class="b3">χρειοῖ ἀναγκαίῃ</b> by dire [[necessity]], <span class="bibl">8.57</span>; ἀναγκαίης ὕπο χρειοῦς φεύγοντες <span class="bibl">Sol.[36.9]</span> ap.<span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>12.4</span>: c. gen., <b class="b3">ἵν' οὐ χρεὼ πείς ματός ἐστιν</b> where there is no [[need of]] a cable, <span class="bibl">Od.9.136</span>; <b class="b3">χρειὼ ἱκάνεται</b> [[want]], [[necessity]] arises, <span class="bibl">Il.10.118</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">142</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.6.136</span>; εἴ ποτε δὴ αὖτε χρειὼ ἐμεῖο γένηται <span class="bibl">Il.1.341</span>; χρειὼ βεβίηκεν Ἀχαιούς <span class="bibl">10.172</span>; τίπτε δέ σε χρειὼ δεῦρ' ἤγαγε; . . δήμιον ἦ ἴδιον; <span class="bibl">Od.4.312</span>; <b class="b3">ὅτε με χρειὼ τόσον ἵκοι</b> if so great a [[need]] should come upon me, <span class="bibl">5.189</span>; τίνα χρειὼ τόσον ἵκει; <span class="bibl">2.28</span>; also <b class="b3">ἐμὲ δὲ χρεὼ γίγνεται αὐτῆς</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τῆς νηός, χρεὼ γίγνεται</b> being = [[χρή]] <span class="bibl">1.2</span>) <span class="bibl">4.634</span>; even οὐδέ τί μιν χρεὼ ἔσται τυμβοχόης <span class="bibl">Il.21.322</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> used by Hom. ellipt., [[χρεώ]] c. acc. pers., <b class="b3">τίπτε δέ σε χρεώ</b> (sc. [[ἱκάνει]]); <span class="bibl">Od.1.225</span>, <span class="bibl">Il. 10.85</span>: followed by a gen., <b class="b3">οὔ τί με ταύτης χρεὼ τιμῆς</b> [[need of]] it touches me not, <span class="bibl">9.608</span>; χρεὼ βουλῆς ἐμὲ καὶ σέ <span class="bibl">10.43</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">9.75</span>; τί δέ σε χρεὼ ἐμεῖο; <span class="bibl">11.606</span>: also c. inf., <b class="b3">τὸν δὲ μάλα χρεὼ ἑστάμεναι κρατερῶς</b> he [[needs]] must stand firm, ib.<span class="bibl">409</span>; οὐδέ τί μιν χρεὼ νηῶν ἐπιβαινέμεν <span class="bibl">Od.4.707</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.18.406</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.15.201</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R.1.649</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> = [[χρεών]], [[necessity]], [[destiny]], [[fate]], <span class="bibl">A.R.1.440</span>; ἡ εἰς τὸ χ. μετάστασις <span class="title">Inscr.Prien.</span>99, al. (ii/i B. C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[oracle]], [[prophecy]], χρειὼ θεσπίζων μεταμώνιον <span class="bibl">A.R.1.491</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> = [[χρέος]] or [[χρῆμα]], [[affair]], [[object]], <span class="bibl">Id.4.191</span>; simply, [[thing]], <span class="bibl">Id.3.33</span>.—The word is mostly Ep.— Hom. uses both forms [[χρεώ]] and [[χρειώ]]: but in the ellipt. phrase, mentioned <span class="bibl">1.2</span>, he always has [[χρεώ]], as monosyll.:—in <span class="bibl">Il.11.606</span> [[χρεώ]] before a vowel is used short:—[[χρεώ]] is disyll. in <span class="bibl">Parm.1.28</span>.</span>