χρῆ,χρῆς, 3 and 2 pers. sg.pres. indic.of a defect. verb, expld. by Hsch. and Sch. S. Ant. 887 byθέλει χρῄζει, θέλεις χρῄζειςand found in the following passages:εἴτε χρῇ θανεῖνwhether she
A. desiresto die, S. Ant. 887 (χρήcodd., cf. Sch.ad loc.); σοὶ δὲ δρᾶν ἔξεσθ' ἃ χρῇς
Id. Aj. 1373
(χρήcodd.);εἴτε χρῇς(sc.κηρύσσειν με) Id. El. 606 (χρήcodd.); πρὸς ταῦθ' ὅ τι χρῇ καὶ παλαμάσθων
E. Fr. 918
(anap.,χρήcodd.); πάρα δ' ἄλλ' ὅ τι χρῇς
Cratin. 127
, cf. Eup. 4 (prob. l.);οὐ χρῆσθα(sc.φωνεῖν); Ar. Ach. 778 (Megarian). (Cogn. withχρή, κέχρημαι'I yearn after',χρῄζω.)