χρέος
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Nominal formation from the root of χράομαι (khráomai), χρεώ (khreṓ, “to need”), and χρή (khrḗ, “have to, ought”); see the latter for more.[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰré.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰre.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈxre.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈxre.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈxre.os/
Noun
χρέος • (khréos) n (genitive χρέους); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ χρέος tò khréos |
τὼ χρέει tṑ khréei |
τᾰ̀ χρέᾰ tà khréa | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χρέους toû khréous |
τοῖν χρεοῖν toîn khreoîn |
τῶν χρεῶν tôn khreôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χρέει tôi khréei |
τοῖν χρεοῖν toîn khreoîn |
τοῖς χρέεσῐ / χρέεσῐν toîs khréesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ χρέος tò khréos |
τὼ χρέει tṑ khréei |
τᾰ̀ χρέᾰ tà khréa | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χρέος khréos |
χρέει khréei |
χρέᾰ khréa | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀξιόχρεως (axiókhreōs)
Descendants
- Greek: χρέος (chréos)
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χρή (> DER > 2. χρέος)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1648-9
Further reading
- “χρέος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- χρέος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- χρεῖος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “χρέος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “χρέος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χρέος (khréos).
Noun
χρέος • (chréos) n (plural χρέη)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | χρέος (chréos) | χρέη (chréi) |
| genitive | χρέους (chréous) | χρεών (chreón) |
| accusative | χρέος (chréos) | χρέη (chréi) |
| vocative | χρέος (chréos) | χρέη (chréi) |
Further reading
χρέος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
