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ἐκχράω

ekchrao

declare as an oracle, tell out

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Where it lives

Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

ἐκχράω · ekchraō — LSJ

declare as an oracle, tell out

declare as an oracle, tell out, τὰ πόλλʼ . . ὅτʼ ἐξέχρη κακά S. OC 87.

II suffice, will it suffice, will he be content

suffice, οὐκ ἐξέχρησέ σφι ἡ ἡμέρα Hdt. 8.70: impers., c. inf., κῶς ταῦτα βασιλέϊ ἐκχρήσει περιυβρίσθαι; how will it suffice him, how will he be content to . . ? Id. 3.137.

In the wild

ἐξέχρησέ · exechrēse Herodotus, Histories 8.70.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8831)
ἐξέχρη · exechrē Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 84–93

Where it came from

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