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χρέος (chreos) a debt ^G:N-N

χρέος, τό

Epic dialect χρεῖος [χρέος, but only in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”, see below 1.1)">Refs 8th c.BC+]: Attic dialect χρέως [Refs 2nd c.AD+] (and this form appears in codices of [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but χρέος in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: genitive χρείους [Refs 5th c.BC+]; no dative occurs in Epic dialect forms:—plural, nominative and accusative χρέᾰ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; genitive χρεῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect χρειῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect dative χρέεσι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: (χράομαι, χρή):

__I that which one needs must pay, obligation, debt, Ἄρης.. χρέος καὶ δεσμὸν ἀλύξας [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χρεῖος ἀποστήσασθαι, i.e. pay it in full, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: especially of the obligation to restore or pay for 'lified' cattle and plunder, so the heralds of the Pylians summoned to share in booty all οἷσι χρεῖος ὀφείλετ᾽·.. πολέσιν γὰρ Ἐπειοὶ χρεῖος ὄφειλον (where [Refs 8th c.BC+]; later simply, debt, αὐτὸς ἔτεισε.. χρέος [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἀρᾶς τίνει χ. pays the debt demanded by the curse, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μή τι πέρα χρέος.. πόλει προσάψῃς debt, i. e. guilt, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. πράσσειν τινά exact payment of a debt from one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐμὸν καταίσχυνε χ. dishonoured my debt, i.e. dishonoured me for not paying my debt, for not keeping my promise, [Refs]; τεὸν χ. the debt due to thee, [Refs] repay a debt, [Refs 5th c.BC+] to give a loan, and χ. λαμβάνειν to receive a loan),[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔχω χ. ὡς εἰπεῖν οὐδὲν ἀνδρὸς Ἕλληνος I know of nothing that 1 owe to any man of Greece, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν χρέως (i.e. ὀφειλόμενον) [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὢ καλὸν εἰς ἄλοχον θέμενος χ., like{χάριν θέσθαι} (see. τίθημι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἔχειν εἴς τι χ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]: plural, debts, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὴν οὐσίαν ἅπασαν χρέα κατέλιπον left all the property in outstanding debts, [Refs 4th c.BC+] pay it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τὰ χ. ἀπάγεσθαι [Refs 2nd c.BC+] —compare ἀποκοπή.
__I.2 metaphorically, the debt that all must pay, fate, death, οὐκ ἔστι τὸ χ. φυγεῖν [LXX+5th c.BC+]; ὁπότε εἰς τὸν ἀέρα ἀναδράμῃ τὸ χ. (i.e. ἡ ψυχή, regarded as lent to the body) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II in Poets, business, affair, matter, ἑὸν αὐτοῦ χρεῖος ἐελδόμενος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χρέος πᾶν ἐπικραίνεις, of Pelasgos, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; purpose, object, εἰ μὲν γὰρ ὑμῖν μὴ τόδ᾽ ἐκπράξω χρέος[Refs 5th c.BC+] your affair, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 almost ={χρῆμα}, thing, τί χρέο; ={τί χρῆμα}; [Refs 5th c.BC+] (with play on signification[Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.3 ἐλάφους, μέγα τι χ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__III in [χρέος seems to be ={Τειρεσίᾳ χρησόμενος} (10.492)">Refs 8th c.BC+] to consult him.
__III.2 elsewhere κατὰ χρέος means according to what is needful, in due fashion, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV duty, task, charge, office, ἦλθε τωὔτ᾽ ἐπὶ χρέος [χρέος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 777, compare “Th.” 20; τὸ σὸν μελέσθω.. φρουρῆσαι χρέος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 74, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1253 (Lyric poetry), “IT” 883 (Lyric poetry). ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__V τὸ συνδρῶν χ. the circumstance of being an accomplice, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VI anything useful or serviceable, χρεῶν χρηΐζοντι μετάδοσιν ποιήσασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]Jusj.; δέκα στατῆρανς καταστασεῖ, τῶ δὲ χρήϊος (={χρέους}) διπλεῖ ὄτι κ᾽ ὀ δικαστὰς ὀμόσει συνεσσάκσαι [Refs]
__VI.2 value, validity, υηδὲν ἐς χρῆος (or χρέος) ἤμην τὰν δόσιν the gift shall be of no value, i. e. invalid, [Refs]
__VII παρὰ χρέος, ={παραχρῆμα}, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__VIII ={χρεία, χρεώ}, need, τί δ᾽, ὦ τάλας, σε τοῦδ᾽ ἔχει πλέκους χρέο; Answ. χ. μὲν οὐδέν, βούλομαι δ᾽ ὅμως λαβεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]