, A. Ch. 907 , S. Fr. 107.6 (only here in S. ,χρῆνl. 5 ), Ar. Ra. 152 , al., Antipho 1.1 , And. 1.114 , Lys. 3.22 , al., Th. 6.57 , Pl. Prt. 335c , D. 4.3 , al., etc.: freq. also without the augm., χρῆν
Pi. Fr. 123.1
, S. El. 529 , 579 , Tr. 1133 , Ar. Eq. 535 (anap.), al., Lys. 8.6 , al., Th. 3.63 , D. 15.33 , al., etc.; both forms in Ar. Ach. 540 ,ἐρεῖ τις, "οὐ χρῆν": ἀλλὰ τί ἐχρῆν εἴπατε:fut.
χρήδει
Hdt. 7.8
: —it is necessary: c.inf.praes. autaor.,it must needs, one mustoroughtto do (likeδεῖ,which is only once used in Hom. ), νῦν δὲ χ. τετλάμεν ἔμπης
(lyr.):χρῆν γὰρ Κανδαύλῃ γενέσθαι κακῶς(whereγενέσθαιisinf.of an impers. verb) Hdt. 1.8 .—Sts. theinf.must be supplied from the context, esp. in Hom. in phrases like τίπτε μάχης. ἀποπαύεαι; οὐδέ τί σε χρή (sc.ἀποπαύεσθαι) Il. 16.721 , cf. 19.420 ;ὅθι χ. πεζὸν ἐόντα(sc.μάρνασθαι) Od. 9.50 ; so in Trag. and Att. ,πορθεῖν ἃ μὴ χ.(sc.πορθεῖν) A. Ag. 342 ;φύς τ' ἀφ' ὧν οὐ χρῆν(sc.φῦναι), ξὺν οἷς τ' οὐ χρῆν(sc.ὁμιλεῖν) ὁμιλῶν
S. OT 1184
;ἔκανες ὃν οὐ χρῆν(sc.κτεῖναι) A. Ch. 930 ;ἐπιπλεύσειέ τις ὡς χ.(sc.ἐπιπλεῦσαι) Th. 2.89 ;θύσαντες οἷς χ.(sc.θῦσαι) Pl. R. 415e ; ἀκαιρότερον ὄντα ἢ χ.
Id. Plt. 307e
; λαλεῖν μετὰ ἀφελείας ἔνθα χ.
Longin. 34.2
.; so ὡς χ.
A. Ag. 1556
(anap.), etc.—Theimpf.freq. expresses something that ought to have been, but is not,ἐνθάδ' οὐ παραστατεῖ, ὡς χρῆν, Ὀρέστηςib. 879 , cf. S. Tr. 1133 ; and sts. stands for χρή, χρῆν τι λέγειν ὑμᾶς σοφὸν ῳ νικήσετε
2. in Hom. withoutinf., c. acc. pers. et gen. rei,οὐδέ τί σε χρὴ ἀφρποσύνηςthouhastnoneed ofimprudence, i. e. it does notbefitthee, Il. 7.109 ; οὐ μέν σε χ. ἔτ' αἰδοῦς
Od. 3.14
; τί με χ. μητέρος αἴνου;
21.110
;μυθήσεαι ὅττεό(i.e.ὅτου) σε χ.
1.124
; τέο σε χ.;
4.463
:τί χρὴ φίλωνis found in most codd. of E. Or. 667 (δεῖcod. V).
3. c. dat. pers. pro acc. is not found; in Il. 5.490 , A. Pr. 3 , the dat. belongs to theinf. μέλειν;in S. Ant. 736 Dobree restoredμεforγε;in E. Med. 886
ᾗdepends onμετεῖναι;in Ion 1316 Dobree readτοὺς δέ γ' ἐνδίκους,and in Lys. 28.10
δικαίους . . ὑφελομένουςwas restored by Cobet.
II. sts. in a less strong sense,πῶς τοῦτο περᾶσαι χρή;howis one toget through this? Theoc. 15.45 ;τί ἐχρῆν με ποιεῖν;whatwas I todo? D. 18.28 ;ἓν οὐδὲν κατέστη ἴαμα ὅτι χρῆν προσφερόντας ὠφελεῖνthere was no one remedy by the application of which onecould(orwas bound to) help them, Th. 2.51 , cf. 1.91 .
III. τὸ χρῆν(inf.)fate, destiny,
E. Hec. 260 (s. v. l.,τὸ χρὴNauck); τὸ χρή
Id. HF 828
; cj. forτὸ χρεών(monosyll.) in Id. Fr. 733.3 , IT 1486 .
