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Gloss touch the surface of a body slightly,
χρίω, Ep.
impf.
A.
χρῖον
Od. 4.252
, also χρίεσκε
A.R. 4.871
:fut.
χρίσω
E. Med. 789
:aor.
ἔχρῑσα
Od. 10.364
, etc., Ep.
χρῖσα
Il. 16.680
, Od. 4.49 :pf.
κέχρῑκα
LXX 1 Ki. 10.1
Close Browse lexicon entries :aor. part. χρῑσάμενοςib. 96 , Hes. Op. 523 , etc.:— Pass. ,fut.
, 195 , Magnes 3 , etc., later κέχρισμαι
:plpf. ἐκέχριστο f. l. in
. [Even inpres.andimpf. ιis long, Od. 21.179 (ἐπι-χρῑοντες), Il. 23.186 , S. Tr. 675 , etc.;χρῐειonly in late Poets, as AP 6.275 ( Noss. ): infut.and all other tensesῑwithout exception, whence the proper accent. isχρῖσαι, κεχρῖσθαι, χρῖσμα,etc.:—touch the surface of a body slightly,esp. of the human body,graze,hence,
I. rub, anoint with scented unguentsoroil,as was done after bathing, freq. in Hom. , λόεον καὶ χρῖον ἐλαίῳ
; of a dead body, χρῖεν ἐλαίῳ
;anointa suppliant, Berl.Sitzb. 1927.170 (Cyrene);πέπλον χ. ruborinfectwith poison, S. Tr. 675 , cf. 689 , 832 (lyr.): metaph., ἱμέρῳ χρίσας' οἰστόν
(lyr.); οὐ μέλανι, ἀλλὰ θανάτῳ χ. τὸν κάλαμον
Od. 6.96 ; κάλλεϊ ἀμβροσίῳ οἵῳ . . Κυθέρεια χρίεται
, cf. Hes. Op. 523 ; ἐλαίῳ
: c. acc. rei,ἰοὺς χρίεσθαι anoint(i. e. poison)one'sarrows, Od. 1.262 :— Pass. , χρίεσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου
;βακκάριδι κεχριμένοςMagnes l. c.; συκαμίνῳ τὰς γνάθους κεχριμέναι
: metaph., Σοφοκλέους τοῦ μέλιτι κεχριμένου
2. in LXX ,anoint in token of consecration,
; also χ. τινὰ τοῦ βασιλεύειν
: c. dupl. acc., χ. τινὰ ἔλαιον
II. wash with colour, coat,
αἰγέαι κεχριμέναι ἐρευθεδάνῳ
;πίσσῃib. 195 , cf. Inscr.Délos 442
(Panamara,ii A. D.):— Med. ,τὸ σῶμα μίλτῳ χρίονται smear theirbodies, Hdt. 4.191 .
III. wound on the surface, puncture, prick, sting,of the gadfly in A. Pr. 566 , 597 , 880 (all lyr.):— Pass. ,ὀξυστόμῳ μύωπι χρισθεῖς'ib. 675 .
References Od. 4.252 A.R. 4.871 E. Med. 789 Od. 10.364 Il. 16.680 Od. 4.49 LXX 1 Ki. 10.1 Od. 6.220 96 Hes. Op. 523 LXX Ex. 30.32 A. Pr. 675 Achae. 10 Hdt. 4.189 195 3 LXX 2 Ki. 5.17 X. Cyr. 7.1.2 Callix. 2 Od. 21.179 Il. 23.186 S. Tr. 675 AP 6.275 Noss. Hom. 3.466 19.320 Berl.Sitzb. 1927.170 689 832 E. Med. 634 Plu. 2.841e Od. 6.96 18.194 Gal. 6.417 Luc. Asin. 13 Od. 1.262 Hdt. 3.124 Eub. 98.3 Ar. Fr. 581 LXX 4 Ki. 9.3 1 Ki. 10.1 3 Ki. 19.16 Jd. 9.15 Ep.Heb. 1.9 Inscr.Délos 442 A 188 X. Cyr. 7.5.22 Supp.Epigr. 4.268 Hdt. 4.191 A. Pr. 566 597 880 675 Liddell–Scott–Jones — CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
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