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|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.