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χρή

chre

it is necessary; one must, should

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Distribution

Densest 12 of 209 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

Senses

1. χρή · chrē — Beekes

it is necessary; one must, should

2. χρή · chrē — Chantraine

ancien substantif généralement considéré comme n

3. χρή · chrē — Chantraine

1274 — Dérivés verbaux : χράομαι, χρηΐζω, κίχρημι : A

4. χρὴ · chrē — Frisk

indekl

5. χρή · chrē — Frisk

Zu χρή und δεῖ bei Platon u

6. χρή · chrē — LSJ

it is necessary

7. χρῇ · chrēi — LSJ

desires

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Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) scan pp. 1699-1701; entry #6608 Review: Under source audit
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque scan p. 1294; entry #8804 Review: Under source audit
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch scan p. 2316; entry #8056 Review: Under source audit

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