χρεώ

want, need; ἦ τι μάλα χρεώ of a truth there is much need, Il. 9.197; χρειοῖ ἀναγκαίῃ by dire necessity, 8.57; ἀναγκαίης ὕπο χρειοῦς φεύγοντες Sol. [36.9] ap. Arist. Ath. 12.4: c. gen., ἵνʼ οὐ χρεὼ πείσματός ἐστιν where there is no need of a cable, Od. 9.136; χρειὼ ἱκάνεται want, necessity arises, Il. 10.118, cf. 142, Od. 6.136; εἴ ποτε δὴ αὖτε χρειὼ ἐμεῖο γένηται Il. 1.341; χρειὼ βεβίηκεν Ἀχαιούς 10.172; τίπτε δέ σε χρειὼ δεῦρʼ ἤγαγε; . . δήμιον ἦ ἴδιον; Od. 4.312; ὅτε με χρειὼ τόσον ἵκοι if so

used by Hom. ellipt., χρεώ c. acc. pers., τίπτε δέ σε χρεώ (sc. ἱκάνει); Od. 1.225, Il. 10.85: folld. by a gen., οὔ τί με ταύτης χρεὼ τιμῆς need of it touches me not, 9.608; χρεὼ βουλῆς ἐμὲ καὶ σέ 10.43, cf. 9.75; τί δέ σε χρεὼ ἐμεῖο; 11.606: also c. inf., τὸν δὲ μάλα χρεὼ ἑστάμεναι κρατερῶς he needs must stand firm, ib. 409; οὐδέ τί μιν χρεὼ νηῶν ἐπιβαινέμεν Od. 4.707, cf. Il. 18.406, Od. 15.201, A.R. 1.649.

= χρεών, necessity, destiny, fate, A.R. 1.440; ἡ εἰς τὸ χ. μετάστασις Inscr.Prien. 99, al. (ii/i B. C.).

oracle, prophecy, χρειὼ θεσπίζων μεταμώνιον A.R. 1.491.

= χρέος or χρῆμα, affair, object, Id. 4.191; simply, thing, Id. 3.33.—The word is mostly Ep. — Hom. uses both forms χρεώ and χρειώ: but in the ellipt. phrase, mentioned I.2, he always has χρεώ, as monosyll.:—in Il. 11.606 χρεώ before a vowel is used short:—χρεώ is disyll. in Parm. 1.28.