The corpus record

ἐγχρῄζω

egchrezo

want, have need of

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What it meant — LSJ

want, have need of

want, have need of, c. gen., ib. 1.3 S., POxy. 1766.10 (iii A. D.).

II to be needful, useful, necessaries

intr., to be needful or useful, εἰς ὕδωρ Gp. 20.19 tit.; ἰατροῖς ἐγχρῄζει τὸ ψέγειν prob. in Phld. Ir. p.21 W., cf. BGU 226.9 (i A.D.), Apollon. Mir. 36; τὰ ἐγχρῄζοντα necessaries, condemned by Luc. Hist.Conscr. 22.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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