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|Definition=impers., <span class="bibl">Il.1.216</span>, etc.; Aeol. [[χρῆ]] <span class="bibl">Alc.20</span>, <span class="bibl">35</span>, <span class="bibl">46</span>; other forms are contractions (crases) of [[χρή]] (prob. orig. a neut. Subst.) with forms of [[εἰμί]] <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ([[sum]]): fut. χρἤσται <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>504</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>599</span>, <span class="bibl">Pherecr. 103</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>362</span>, <span class="bibl">Phryn.Com.34</span> (on this form, for which codd. generally have [[χρῆσται]] or [[χρῆσθαι]], v. Sch.S.<span class="title">OC</span>l. c.): subj. [[χρῇ]] <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 999</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>49</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>133</span>; opt. χρείη <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>215</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>162</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys. 12.44</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthphr.</span>4c</span>; inf. χρῆναι <span class="bibl">Democr.276</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>210</span>, <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.84</span>, etc.; also [[χρῆν]] (v. infr. ΙΙΙ); part. neut. pl. [[χρηεόντα]] (or <b class="b3">χρὴ ἐόντα</b>) <span class="bibl">Democr.174</span>: impf. ἐχρῆν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>7.44</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>907</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>107.6</span> (only here in S., [[χρῆν]] l. 5), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>152</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.1</span>, <span class="bibl">And.1.114</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys. 3.22</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Th.6.57</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>335c</span>, <span class="bibl">D.4.3</span>, al., etc.: freq. also without the augm., χρῆν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>123.1</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>529</span>, <span class="bibl">579</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tr.</span>1133</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>535</span> (anap.), al., <span class="bibl">Lys.8.6</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Th.3.63</span>, <span class="bibl">D.15.33</span>, al., etc.; both forms in <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>540</span>, <b class="b3">ἐρεῖ τις, οὐ χρῆν· ἀλλὰ τί ἐχρῆν εἴπατε</b>: fut. χρήδει <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.8</span>: —[[it is necessary]]: c. inf. praes. aut aor., [[it must needs]], [[one must]] or [[ought]] to do (like [[δεῖ]], which is only once used in Hom.), νῦν δὲ χ. τετλάμεν ἔμπης <span class="bibl">Od.3.209</span>; τὸν νῦν χ. κομέειν <span class="bibl">6.207</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il. 1.216</span>, <span class="bibl">4.57</span>, etc.; σήμαιν' ὅ τι χ. σοι συμπράσσειν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>297</span>(anap.); <b class="b3">ὅτι χ. πάσχειν ἐθέλω</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1067</span>; ὅ τι χρείη ποιεῖν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthphr.</span>4c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">9a</span>; τούτου θανειν χρῆν αὐτὸν οὕνεκ' ἐκ σέθεν; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>579</span>; χρὴ τὸ λέγειν <span class="bibl">Parm. 6.1</span>: more freq. c. acc. pers. et inf., [[one must]], ἐμὲ δὲ χ. γήραϊ πείθεσθαι <span class="bibl">Il.23.644</span>; τῷ σε χ. πόλεμον . . παῦσαι <span class="bibl">7.331</span>; <b class="b3">οὐδέ τί σε χ. νηλεὲς</b> ἦτορ ἔχειν <span class="bibl">9.496</span>; τί χ. με . . στέγειν ἢ τί λέγειν; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>135</span> (lyr.): <b class="b3">χρῆν γὰρ Κανδαύλῃ γενέσθαι κακῶς</b> (where [[γενέσθαι]] is inf. of an impers. verb) <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.8</span>.—sometimes the inf. must be supplied from the context, especially in Hom. in phrases like [[τίπτε μάχης. ἀποπαύεαι; οὐδέ τί σε χρή]] (sc. [[ἀποπαύεσθαι]]) <span class="bibl">Il.16.721</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">19.420</span>; <b class="b3">ὅθι χ. πεζὸν ἐόντα</b> (sc. [[μάρνασθαι]]) <span class="bibl">Od.9.50</span>; so in Trag. and Att., <b class="b3">πορθεῖν ἃ μὴ χ</b>. (sc. [[πορθεῖν]]) <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Ag.</span>342</span>; <b class="b3">φύς τ' ἀφ' ὧν οὐ χρῆν</b> (sc. [[φῦναι]]) <b class="b3">, ξὺν οἷς τ' οὐ χρῆν</b> (sc. [[ὁμιλεῖν]]) ὁμιλῶν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1184</span>; <b class="b3">ἔκανες ὃν οὐ χρῆν</b> (sc. [[κτεῖναι]]) <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>930</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπιπλεύσειέ τις ὡς χ</b>. (sc. [[ἐπιπλεῦσαι]]) <span class="bibl">Th.2.89</span>; <b class="b3">θύσαντες οἷς χ</b>. (sc. [[θῦσαι]]) <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">R.</span>415e</span>; ἀκαιρότερον ὄντα ἢ χ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Plt.</span>307e</span>; λαλεῖν μετὰ ἀφελείας ἔνθα χ. Longin.34.2.; so ὡς χ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1556</span> (anap.), etc.—The impf. freq. expresses something that ought to have been, but is not, <b class="b3">ἐνθάδ' οὐ παραστατεῖ, ὡς χρῆν, Ὀρέστης</b> ib.<span class="bibl">879</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1133</span>; and sometimes stands for [[χρή]], χρῆν τι λέγειν ὑμᾶς σοφὸν ῳ νικήσετε <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>487</span> (anap.), cf. <span class="bibl">432</span>: abs., ἐρεῖτις, οὐ χρῆν· ἀλλὰτί ἐχρῆν εἴπατε <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ach.</span>540</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in Hom. without inf., c. acc. pers. et gen. rei, <b class="b3">οὐδέ τί σε χρὴ ἀφρποσύνης</b> thou [[hast]] no [[need]] of [[imprudence]], i. e. it does not [[befit]] thee, <span class="bibl">Il.7.109</span>; οὐ μέν σε χ. ἔτ' αἰδοῦς <span class="bibl">Od.3.14</span>; τί με χ. μητέρος αἴνου; <span class="bibl">21.110</span>; <b class="b3">μυθήσεαι ὅττεό</b> (i.e. [[ὅτου]]) σε χ. <span class="bibl">1.124</span>; τέο σε χ.; <span class="bibl">4.463</span>: <b class="b3">τί χρὴ φίλων</b> is found in most codd. of <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>667</span> ([[δεῖ]] cod. V). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> c. dat. pers. pro acc. is not found; in <span class="bibl">Il.5.490</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>3</span>, the dat. belongs to the inf. <b class="b3">μέλειν;</b> in <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>736</span> Dobree restored με for <b class="b3">γε;</b> in <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span> 886</span> [[ᾗ]] depends on <b class="b3">μετεῖναι;</b> in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ion</span>1316</span> Dobree read <b class="b3">τοὺς δέ γ' ἐνδίκους</b>, and in <span class="bibl">Lys.28.10</span> <b class="b3">δικαίους . . ὑφελομένους</b> was restored by Cobet. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> sometimes in a less strong sense, <b class="b3">πῶς τοῦτο περᾶσαι χρή;</b> [[how is one to get through this]]? <span class="bibl">Theoc.15.45</span>; <b class="b3">τί ἐχρῆν με ποιεῖν;</b> [[what was I to do]]? <span class="bibl">D.18.28</span>; <b class="b3">ἓν οὐδὲν κατέστη ἴαμα ὅτι χρῆν προσφερόντας ὠφελεῖν</b> there was no one [[remedy]] by the [[application]] of which one [[could]] (or was [[bound]] to) [[help]] them, <span class="bibl">Th.2.51</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.91</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">τὸ χρῆν</b> (inf.) [[fate]], [[destiny]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>260</span> ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]], <b class="b3">τὸ χρὴ</b> Nauck); τὸ χρή <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HF</span>828</span>; cj. for <b class="b3">τὸ χρεών</b> (monosyll.) in <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>733.3</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">IT</span>1486</span>.</span>

|mdlsjtxt=[imperf. [[ἐχρῆν]], also without the augm. [[χρῆν]] [[even]] in [[Attic]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> it is [[fated]], [[necessary]], Aesch., etc.; οὐδὲ ἓν [[ἴαμα]] [[ὅ τι]] [[χρῆν]] προσφέροντας ὠφελεῖν no one [[remedy]] [[which]] one was [[sure]] to do [[good]] by administering, Thuc.:—c. inf. it must, must needs, one must or [[ought]] to do, Hom., [[attic]]; [[more]] often, like Lat. [[oportet]], c. acc. pers. et inf. one must, one must needs, it behoves, befits one to . ., [[οὐδέ]] τί σε χρὴ νηλεὲς [[ἦτορ]] ἔχειν Il., etc.; often the inf. must be supplied from the context, [[τίπτε]] μάχης ἀποπαύεαι; [[οὐδέ]] τί σε χρή (sc. ἀποπαύεσθαἰ, why [[cease]] from [[battle]]? for it behoves thee not, Il.; so, ὅθι χρὴ πεζὸν ἐόντα (sc. μάρνασθαἰ Od.; ἐπιπλεύσειέ τις ὡς χρή (sc. ἐπιπλεῦσαἰ Thuc.:—absol., ἐρεῖ τις, οὐ [[χρῆν]] [sc. [[τοῦτο]] ποιεῖν], ἀλλὰ τί [[χρῆν]] εἴπατε Eur. ap. Ar.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> c. acc. pers. et gen. rei, [[οὐδέ]] τί σε χρὴ ἀφροσύνης thou hast no [[need]] of [[imprudence]], i. e. it does not [[befit]] thee, Il.; [[μυθήσεαι]] ὅττεό (i. e. ὅτοὐ σε χρή thou wilt say [[what]] thou hast [[need]] of, Od.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> [[sometimes]] in a [[less]] [[strong]] [[sense]], πῶς χρὴ [[τοῦτο]] περᾶσαι; how is one to get [[through]] [[this]]? Theocr.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> τὸ [[χρῆν]] (inf.) = [[χρεών]], [[fate]], [[destiny]], Eur.