χρέος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- χρεῖος (khreîos) – Epic
- χρέως (khréōs) – Attic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to yearn”), the root of χράομαι (khráomai)/χρεώ (khreṓ, “to need”) and χρή (khrḗ, “have to, ought”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰré.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰre.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈxre.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈxre.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈxre.os/
Noun
χρέος • (khréos) n (genitive χρέους); third declension
- want, need
- affair, business
- debt
Declension
Third declension of τὸ χρέος; τοῦ χρέους (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ χρέος tò khréos | τὼ χρέει tṑ khréei | τᾰ̀ χρέᾰ tà khréa | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ χρέους toû khréous | τοῖν χρεοῖν toîn khreoîn | τῶν χρεῶν tôn khreôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ χρέει tôi khréei | τοῖν χρεοῖν toîn khreoîn | τοῖς χρέεσῐ / χρέεσῐν toîs khréesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ χρέος tò khréos | τὼ χρέει tṑ khréei | τᾰ̀ χρέᾰ tà khréa | ||||||||||
Vocative | χρέος khréos | χρέει khréei | χρέᾰ khréa | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀξιόχρεως (axiókhreōs)
Descendants
- Greek: χρέος (chréos)
Further reading
- “χρέος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- χρέος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- χρεῖος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “χρέος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “χρέος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- affair idem, page 16.
- circumstance idem, page 133.
- claim idem, page 134.
- debt idem, page 199.
- duty idem, page 257.
- function idem, page 349.
- matter idem, page 518.
- office idem, page 571.
- service idem, page 755.
- task idem, page 856.
- thing idem, page 867.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χρέος (khréos).
Noun
χρέος • (chréos) n (plural χρέη)
- debt
Declension
declension of χρέος
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | χρέος • | χρέη • |
genitive | χρέους • | χρεών • |
accusative | χρέος • | χρέη • |
vocative | χρέος • | χρέη • |
Further reading
- χρέος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el