that which must be,
χρεών, Ion.
χρεόν(the form best attested in Parm. 8.45 and Hdt. ); alsoχρειών, Democr. 55 ,τό: gen.
A.
τοῦ χρεών
E. Hipp. 1256
, HF 21 , but little used save in nom. and acc.:—that which must be,
κατὰ τὸ χ.
Anaximand. 1
(Diels Vorsokr. 5 ); τὴν μοῖραν εἰς τὸ μὴ χ. παραστρέφων
E. Fr. 491.3
; χ. τοῦ χρησμοῦ
Plu. Nic. 14
.
II. necessity, fate,
ἥ τε ἡλικία καὶ τὸ χ.
Pl. Phdr. 255a
; μοίρας τοῦ χρεών τ' ἀπαλλαγή
E. Hipp. 1256
; εἰς τὸ χ. ἰέναι
Pl. Ax. 364c
;ἀπελθεῖν εἰς τὸ χ., εἰς τὸ χ. ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι,
Str. 1.3.21 , J. AJ 7.15.1 ;οἱ τὴν εἰς τὸ χ. πορευόμενοι(cj. forποιούμενοι),v.l.τῶν εἰς τὸ χ. ὁδευόντων,
Plu. 2.113c ; τό τοι χρεὼν οὐκ ἔστι μὴ χρεὼν ποιεῖν
Trag.Adesp. 368
; ὅ τι γὰρ μὴ χ. οὔτοι χ. παθεῖν
E. Ba. 515
; [ Ἀλέξανδρον] τὸ χ. ἐν Βαβυλῶνι κατέλαβε
Jul. Or. 3.107c
.
2. mostly in the phraseχρεών(sc.ἐστι), like χρή , it isnecessary,c.inf., Thgn. 564 , A. Ag. 922 , S. OT 633 , Democr. l. c., etc.: c. acc. etinf., Pi. P. 2.52 , Hdt. 1.41 , 57 , 2.133 , A. Pr. 772 , 970 , al., S. Ph. 1439 , Ar. Eq. 138 , Th. 5.49 ; τὸ χ. γενέσθαι
Hdt. 7.17
.
3. sts. as a neut.part.(likeἐξόν,etc.),it being necessary, since it was necessary,
Id. 5.50 .
III. less freq.,that which is expedientorright,
ὅρκον δ' οὔτ' ἄδικον χ. ἔμμεναι οὔτε δίκαιον
Choeril. 7
; ἔννεπε τί σοι χρεὼν ὑπουργεῖν
S. Ph. 143
(lyr.); μητέρ' εἰ χ. ταύτην προσαυδᾶν
Id. El. 273
, cf. 983 , Ar. Nu. 1446 (lyr.), etc.; with the Art., ἔκανες ὃν οὐ χρῆν, καὶ τὸ μὴ χ. πάθε
A.
Ch..
930 : abs. inpart.,ὑμεῖς ἂν οὐ χ. ἄρχοιτεye would rule unrightfully,
Th. 3.40 .—In Trag.χρεών( = χρή ) appears withoutἐστίorἦν;in Ar. and Prose the verb is more commonly added, but not in Ar. Nu. l. c., Pl. Sph. 220d , Criti. 107b , al.
IV. asAdj., τῷ χ. πόσει
E. Fr. 501
. (Not in Hom. or Hes. , Od. 15.201 being f. l. for χρεώ. ) [In Poetsχρεώνis sts. monosyll., as in Choeril. l. c., Parm. 4.5 , al.; outside of hexameters prob. always disyll., sinceχρήcan be restored in E. IT 1486 , Fr. 733.3 .] (Fromχρεώ,with addition ofνfrom the synonymδέον;when used aspart.abs., as in Sol. Fr. 34.6 , Th. 3.40 , fromχρεὼ ὄν.)
