χρεώ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- χρειώ (khreiṓ)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to yearn for”). Compare χρή (khrḗ).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰre.ɔ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰreˈo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xreˈo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xreˈo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xreˈo/
Noun
χρεώ • (khreṓ) f (genitive χρεοῦς); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | χρεώ khreṓ | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | χρεοῦς khreoûs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | χρεοῖ khreoî | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | χρεώ khreṓ | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | χρεοῖ khreoî | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “χρεώ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- χρεώ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “χρεώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press