The corpus record

χατίζω

chatizo

have need of, crave

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Where it lives

Works and Days 2 · 3.47/10k
Odyssey 4 · 0.46/10k
Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

have need of, crave, in want, in want, needy

have need of, crave: c. gen. rei, νόστοιο χατίζων Od. 8.156, 11.350, cf. Il. 2.225: c. gen. pers., Θέτις νύ τι σεῖο χ. 18.392; ἑρμηνέων χ. Pi. O. 2.86; οὐ σοῦ χατίζων E. Heracl. 465: abs., οὐδὲ χατίζων nor in want [of anything], Od. 22.351, Il. 17.221; χατίζων in want, needy, Hes. Op. 394.

2 lack, be without, defective

lack, be without, ἔργοιο χ. i. e. to be idle, ib. 21; ἅσσα χατίζει μάλιστα κατὰ ταῦτα a diet most defective in these elements, Hp. Morb. 4.39.

In the wild

χατίζει · chatizei Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2263)
χατίζει · chatizei Works and Days 21–22
χατίζων · chatizōn Works and Days 393–395
χατίζων · chatizōn Iliad 17.221
χατίζει · chatizei Iliad 18.392
χατίζεις · chatizeis Iliad 2.225

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