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χρίω

chrio

on puisse préciser l

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Where it lives

Prometheus Bound 4 · 6.8/10k
Exodus 11 · 4.65/10k
Regnorum I 8 · 4.32/10k
Hebrews 2 · 3.98/10k
Leviticus 7 · 3.74/10k
Regnorum II 6 · 3.71/10k
Regnorum III 7 · 3.66/10k
Numeri 7 · 3.03/10k
Trachiniae 2 · 2.75/10k
Osee 1 · 2.65/10k
Paralipomenon I 3 · 2.26/10k
2 Corinthians 1 · 2.23/10k

Densest 12 of 33 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. χρῖο- · chrio- — Chantraine

χρῖο- (Ἔχρίστω ou Ἐχρἴσ-ψω), sans qu'on puisse préciser l'ancienneté de σ {Chantraine, Gr. Hom. 1,371, Schwyzer, Gr. Gr. 1,686, Risch, Wortbildung® 335). Le mycénien kirisewe nom de métier (Ghadwick-Baumbach 257) est d'identification trop incertaine pour être utilisable, cependant que kirita ne peut fournir d'indications sur -s-. Hors du grec, pas de rapprochement précis : lit. gr(i}eià, griëli « écrémer le lait » … — [Chantraine, s.v. χρῖο-, p. 1297]

2. χρίω · chriō — Frisk

χρίω (-i-, sp. auch -i-), τομαὶ, Aor. χρῖσαι, -oaodaı (seit 11.), «σϑῆναι (A. u.a.), Fut. χρίσω (ΕἸ. u.a.), -σομαι (Od. u.a.), -σϑήσομαι (LXX), Perf. χέχριμαι (Hdt.), -ἰσμαι (LXX), κέχρικα (LXX), oft m. Präfix, z.B. ἐπι-, Ev-, xara-, ὑπο-, “streifen, (be)streichen, (be)schmieren, einreiben, salben, tünchen’. — Davon 1. χρῖσις (£y-, zard- u.a.) f. “das Bestreichen, Beschmieren, Salben, Tünchen’ (Hp., Arist., hell. u. … — [Frisk, s.v. χρίω, p. 2092]

3. χρίω · chriō — LSJ

touch the surface of a body slightly, graze

touch the surface of a body slightly, esp. of the human body, graze, hence,

I rub, anoint with scented unguents, oil, anoint, rub, infect, anoint oneself, anoint, oneʼs

rub, anoint with scented unguents or oil, as was done after bathing, freq. in Hom., λόεον καὶ χρῖον ἐλαίῳ Od. 4.252; ἔχρισεν λίπʼ ἐλαίῳ 3.466; λοέσσαι τε χρῖσαί τε 19.320; of a dead body, χρῖεν ἐλαίῳ Il. 23.186; anoint a suppliant, Berl.Sitzb. 1927.170 (Cyrene); πέπλον χ. rub or infect with poison, S. Tr. 675, cf. 689, 832 (lyr.): metaph., ἱμέρῳ χρίσασʼ οἰστόν E. Med. 634 (lyr.); οὐ μέλανι, ἀλλὰ θανάτῳ χ. τὸν κάλαμον Plu. VOrat. 2.841e:—Med., anoint oneself, Od. 6.96; κάλλεϊ ἀμβροσίῳ οἵῳ . . Κυθ

2 anoint in token of consecration

in LXX, anoint in token of consecration, χ. τινὰ εἰς βασιλέα 4 Ki. 9.3; εἰς ἄρχοντα 1 Ki. 10.1; εἰς προφήτην 3 Ki. 19.16; also χ. τινὰ τοῦ βασιλεύειν Jd. 9.15: c. dupl. acc., χ. τινὰ ἔλαιον Ep.Hebr. 1.9.

II wash with colour, coat, smear their

wash with colour, coat, αἰγέαι κεχριμέναι ἐρευθεδάνῳ Hdt. 4.189; πίσσῃ ib. 195, cf. Inscr.Délos 442A 188 (ii B. C.); ἀσφάλτῳ X. Cyr. 7.5.22 (Pass.); στοάν Supp.Epigr. 4.268 (Panamara, ii A. D.):—Med., τὸ σῶμα μίλτῳ χρίονται smear their bodies, Hdt. 4.191.

III wound on the surface, puncture, prick, sting

wound on the surface, puncture, prick, sting, of the gadfly in A. Pr. 566, 597, 880 (all lyr.):—Pass., ὀξυστόμῳ μύωπι χρισθεῖσʼ ib. 675.

In the wild

χρίουσα · chriousa Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 597–599
χρίει · chriei Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 566–567
χρισθεῖςʼ · christheisʼ Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 673–679
χρίει · chriei Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 877–880
κεχρισμένον · kechrismenon Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5634)
χρίεσθαι · chriesthai Herodotus, Histories 3.124.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3813)

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Where it came from

Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. χρίω (scan p. 2092; entry #6146).

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