χρέος

Ancient Greek

Nominal formation from the root of χράομαι (khráomai), χρεώ (khreṓ, “to need”), and χρή (khrḗ, “have to, ought”); see the latter for more.^[1]

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

Third declension of τὸ χρέος; τοῦ χρέους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χρέος tò khréos	τὼ χρέει tṑ khréei	τᾰ̀ χρέᾰ tằ khréă
Genitive	τοῦ χρέους toû khréous	τοῖν χρεοῖν toîn khreoîn	τῶν χρεῶν tôn khreôn
Dative	τῷ χρέει tōî khréei	τοῖν χρεοῖν toîn khreoîn	τοῖς χρέεσῐ / χρέεσῐν toîs khréesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ χρέος tò khréos	τὼ χρέει tṑ khréei	τᾰ̀ χρέᾰ tằ khréă
Vocative	χρέος khréos	χρέει khréei	χρέᾰ khréă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χρή (> DER > 2. χρέος)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1648-9

χρέος • (chréos) n (plural χρέη)