χρέος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• χρεῖος (khreîos) — Epic
• χρέως (khréōs) — Attic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to yearn”), the root of χράομαι (khráomai)/χρεώ (khreṓ, “to need”) and χρή (khrḗ, “have to, ought”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰré.os/ → /ˈxre.os/ → /ˈxre.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰré.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰre.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈxre.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈxre.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈxre.os/

Noun

χρέος • (khréos) n (genitive χρέους); third declension

1. want, need
2. affair, business
3. debt

Declension

Third declension of τὸ χρέος; τοῦ χρέους (Attic)

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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀξιόχρεως (axiókhreōs)

Descendants

• Greek: χρέος (chréos)

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • affair idem, page 16.
  • circumstance idem, page 133.
  • claim idem, page 134.
  • debt idem, page 199.
  • duty idem, page 257.
  • function idem, page 349.
  • matter idem, page 518.
  • office idem, page 571.
  • service idem, page 755.
  • task idem, page 856.
  • thing idem, page 867.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χρέος (khréos).

Noun

χρέος • (chréos) n (plural χρέη)

1. debt

Declension

Declension of χρέος

	singular	plural
nominative	χρέος •	χρέη •
genitive	χρέους •	χρεών •
accusative	χρέος •	χρέη •
vocative	χρέος •	χρέη •

Further reading

• χρέος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el