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  "headword": "χρεία",
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          "definition": "<i>need, want,</i> χρείας ὕπο A. Th. 287; ἵνʼ ἕσταμεν χρείας considering in what great <i>need</i> we are, S. OT 1443; χρείᾳ πολεμεῖν to war with <i>necessity,</i> Id. OC 191 (anap.): c. gen., <i>want of</i> . . , φαρμάκων χρείᾳ κατεσκέλλοντο A. Pr. 481; ἐν χρείᾳ τύχης Id. Th. 506; ἐν χρείᾳ δορός in the <i>need</i> or <i>stress</i> of war, S. Aj. 963; φορβῆς χρείᾳ Id. Ph. 162 (anap.), cf. 1004: ἵππων ἡμῖν χρεία μὲν οὔτε τις πολλῶν οὔτε πολλή [ἐστιν] Pl. Lg. 834b; ἦ μὴν ἔτʼ ἐμοῦ χρείαν ἕξει will have <i>need</i> of my help, A. Pr. 170 (anap.), cf. Call. l.c.; ἀφίκοντο εἰς χρείαν τῆς πόλεως came to feel <i>the need</i> of its assistance, Pl. Mx. 244d; ἰατρῶν ἐν χρείαις ἐσόμεθα, ἐν χρείᾳ ἡγεμόνος εἶναι, Pl. R. 373d, 566e; ὅτου σε χ. ἔχει S. Ph. 646; so τίς χ. σʼ ἐμοῦ [ἔχει]; E. Hec. 976, cf. χρεώ I.2: χρείαν ἔχω, c. inf., Ev.Matt. 3.14 (folld. by ( ίνα, Ev.Jo. 2.25); signfs. I.1 and III in the same sentence, οὐχ οὕτως χ. ἔχομεν τῆς χ. παρὰ τῶν φίλων ὡς . . Epicur. Sent.Vat. 34: prov., χ. διδάσκει, κἂν βραδύς τις ᾖ, σοφόν ‘ <i>necessity</i> is the mother of invention’, E. Fr. 715, cf. El. 376, Men. 263: pl., αἱ χρεῖαι τολμᾶν βιάζονται Antipho 3.2.1; αἱ τοῦ σώματος χ. X. Mem. 3.12.5; πρώτη γε καὶ μεγίστη τῶν χ. ἡ τῆς τροφῆς παρασκευή Pl. R. 369d; αἱ ἀναγκαῖαι χ. D. 23.148, cf. 45.67 (sg.); πολεμικαὶ χ. Arist. Pol. 1328b11.",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-154621",
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                "quote": "χρείας ὕπο",
                "ref": "A. Th. 287",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-154622",
              "data": {
                "quote": "φαρμάκων χρείᾳ κατεσκέλλοντο",
                "ref": "A. Pr. 481",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc2:481"
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ἐν χρείᾳ τύχης",
                "ref": "Id. Th. 506",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc2:506"
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              "data": {
                "quote": "φορβῆς χρείᾳ",
                "ref": "Id. Ph. 162",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-154625",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ὅτου σε χ. ἔχει",
                "ref": "S. Ph. 646",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-154626",
              "data": {
                "quote": "αἱ χρεῖαι τολμᾶν βιάζονται",
                "ref": "Antipho 3.2.1",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg003.perseus-grc2:2.1"
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-154627",
              "data": {
                "quote": "αἱ τοῦ σώματος χ.",
                "ref": "X. Mem. 3.12.5",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002:3.12.perseus-grc2.5"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-154628",
              "data": {
                "quote": "πρώτη γε καὶ μεγίστη τῶν χ. ἡ τῆς τροφῆς παρασκευή",
                "ref": "Pl. R. 369d",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:369d"
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            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-154629",
              "data": {
                "quote": "αἱ ἀναγκαῖαι χ.",
                "ref": "D. 23.148",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg023.perseus-grc2:148"
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            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-154630",
              "data": {
                "quote": "πολεμικαὶ χ.",
                "ref": "Arist. Pol. 1328b11",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035:1328b.perseus-grc2.11"
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          ],
          "children": [
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>want, poverty,</i> S. Ph. 175 (lyr.), E. Hel. 420, etc.; διὰ τὴν χ. καὶ τὴν πενίαν Ar. Pl. 534 (anap.).",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-154631",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "διὰ τὴν χ. καὶ τὴν πενίαν",
                        "ref": "Ar. Pl. 534",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>a request of necessity,</i> opp. ἀξίωσις (a claim of merit), Th. 1.37, cf. 33: generally, <i>request,</i> τὴν πρίν γε χ. ἠνύσασθʼ ἐμοῦ πάρα A. Pr. 700; κἀγὼ . . τοιάνδε σου χ. ἔχω make such <i>a request</i> of or to thee, Id. Ch. 481.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-154632",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὴν πρίν γε χ. ἠνύσασθʼ ἐμοῦ πάρα",
                        "ref": "A. Pr. 700",
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>business,</i> ὡς πρὸς τί χρείας; for what <i>purpose?</i> S. OT 1174, cf. 1435; χρῆσθαί τινι χρείαν ἣν ἂν ἐθέλωσι Pl. Lg. 868b; δοῦναι ἑαυτὸν εἰς τὴν χ. Plb. 8.16.11.",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-154633",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "χρῆσθαί τινι χρείαν ἣν ἂν ἐθέλωσι",
                    "ref": "Pl. Lg. 868b",
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                  }
                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-154634",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "δοῦναι ἑαυτὸν εἰς τὴν χ.",
                    "ref": "Plb. 8.16.11",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001:8.16.perseus-grc2.11"
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                }
              ],
              "children": [
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                  "definition": "",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n114558-0-0-1-0",
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                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>military</i> or <i>naval service,</i> ἡ πολεμικὴ χ. καὶ ἡ εἰρηνική the <i>employments</i> of war and of peace, Arist. Pol. 1254b32; αἱ κατὰ θάλατταν [χ.], ἡ ἐν τῇ γῇ χ., Plb. 6.52.1, 31.21.3; οἱ ἐπὶ τῶν χ. Aristeas 110, LXX 1 Ma. 12.45; οἱ πρὸς ταῖς χ. Ju. 12.10; οἱ ἐπὶ χρειῶν τεταγμένοι BGU 543.1 (i B. C.); in military sense, <i>action, engagement,</i> αἱ κατὰ μέρος χ. Plb. 1.84.7, al.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-154635",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "οἱ πρὸς ταῖς χ.",
                            "ref": "Ju. 12.10",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-154636",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "οἱ ἐπὶ χρειῶν τεταγμένοι",
                            "ref": "BGU 543.1",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:pap,BGU:543.1"
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                          "data": {
                            "quote": "αἱ κατὰ μέρος χ.",
                            "ref": "Plb. 1.84.7",
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                    },
                    {
                      "label": "c",
                      "definition": "<i>business, employment, function,</i> Id. 3.45.2, etc.; ἡ ἐγκεχειρισμένη χ. the <i>duty</i> assigned, PTeb. 741.11 (ii B. C.); οὓς καταστήσομεν ἐπὶ τῆς χ. ταύτης Act.Ap. 6.3; χ. πολιτικαί Plu. Mar. 32, etc.",
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                          "data": {
                            "quote": "οὓς καταστήσομεν ἐπὶ τῆς χ. ταύτης",
                            "ref": "Act.Ap. 6.3",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg005.perseus-grc2:6.3"
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-154639",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "χ. πολιτικαί",
                            "ref": "Plu. Mar. 32",
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                      ],
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                    },
                    {
                      "label": "d",
                      "definition": "<i>a business, affair, matter,</i> like χρέος, Plb. 2.49.9, al.; τὴν ὑπὲρ τούτων χ. the <i>study</i> of these things, Epicur. Ep. 1p.29U.",
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                    },
                    {
                      "label": "e",
                      "definition": "χ. ἀναγκαία <i>need</i> of nature, D.S. 4.33; τροφῆς χ. Ph. 2.472.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-154640",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "τροφῆς χ.",
                            "ref": "Ph. 2.472",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.472"
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                    }
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>use,</i>",
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n114558-0-0-2",
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                  "label": "1",
                  "definition": "<i>use, advantage, service,</i> χρείης εἵνεκα μηδεμιῆς Thgn. 62; τῆς χ. τοῦ παιδὸς ἀποστερηθῆναι Antipho 3.3.4; ἡ χ. τῆς ῥητορικῆς Pl. Grg. 480a; πωλοῦντες τὴν τῆς ἰσχύος χ. Id. R. 371e; χρείαν ἔχειν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις to be <i>of service</i> to mankind, Id. Smp. 204c; τὰ οὐδὲν εἰς χρείαν things of no <i>use</i> or <i>service,</i> D. Prooem. 56.3; χρείαν ἔχει εἴς τι is of <i>service</i> towards . . , Sosip. 1.41; for S. OT 725, v. ἐρευνάω I: pl., χρεῖαι . . φίλων ἀνδρῶν <i>services rendered</i> by them, Pi. N. 8.42; χρείας παρέχεσθαι render <i>services,</i> Decr. ap. D. 18.84, IG 2(2).654.15, cf. Plb. 1.16.8 (sg.); ἵνα σοι τὰς χ. παρέσχωμαι (sic) PCair.Zen. 498 (iii B. C.); μεγάλην παρεῖχε χ. τοῖς κοινοῖς πράγμασιν Plb. 3.97.4; παρέχειν χ. to be <i>serviceable, useful,</i> Aristo Stoic. 1.79; ἑξήκοντα καὶ τριακόσια χρειῶν γένη παρέχον δένδρον Plu. QConv. 2.724e; χ. ναυτικαί <i>equipments,</i> Ael. VH 2.10.",
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                  "citations": [
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-154641",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "χρείης εἵνεκα μηδεμιῆς",
                        "ref": "Thgn. 62",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0002.tlg001.perseus-grc2:62"
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                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-154642",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τῆς χ. τοῦ παιδὸς ἀποστερηθῆναι",
                        "ref": "Antipho 3.3.4",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg003.perseus-grc2:3.4"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-154643",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἡ χ. τῆς ῥητορικῆς",
                        "ref": "Pl. Grg. 480a",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023.perseus-grc2:480a"
                      }
                    },
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πωλοῦντες τὴν τῆς ἰσχύος χ.",
                        "ref": "Id. R. 371e",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:371e"
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                    },
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μεγάλην παρεῖχε χ. τοῖς κοινοῖς πράγμασιν",
                        "ref": "Plb. 3.97.4",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001:3.97.perseus-grc2.4"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-154646",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἑξήκοντα καὶ τριακόσια χρειῶν γένη παρέχον δένδρον",
                        "ref": "Plu. QConv. 2.724e",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg112.perseus-grc2:724e"
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "χ. ναυτικαί",
                        "ref": "Ael. VH 2.10",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>using, use,</i> κτῆσις καὶ χ. X. Mem. 2.4.1, Pl. R. 451c; ἐν χρείᾳ εἶναι in <i>use,</i> Id. Phd. 87c; κατὰ τὴν χ. for <i>use,</i> Id. R. 330c; πρὸς τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην χ. X. Mem. 4.2.25; ἡ χ. τῶν λόγων the <i>employment</i> of words, Pl. Sph. 239d, cf. Plt. 272d: pl., λάμπει γὰρ ἐν χρείαισιν ὥσπερ . . χαλκός is made bright by <i>constant use,</i> S. Fr. 864.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "κτῆσις καὶ χ.",
                        "ref": "X. Mem. 2.4.1",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002:2.4.perseus-grc2.1"
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                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-154649",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πρὸς τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην χ.",
                        "ref": "X. Mem. 4.2.25",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002:4.2.perseus-grc2.25"
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                    }
                  ],
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "<i>familiarity, intimacy,</i> τινος <i>with</i> one, Antipho 5.63: generally, <i>any relation of business</i> or <i>intercourse,</i> ἐν χρείᾳ τινὶ τῇ πρὸς ἀλλήλους Pl. R. 372a; ἡ πρὸς ἀλλήλους χ. Arist. Rh. 1376b13; [ Νικόμαχος] συνεβίω Ἀμυντᾳ . . ἰατροῦ καὶ φίλου χρείᾳ <i>in the relationship, capacity,</i> D.L. 5.1.",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-154650",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐν χρείᾳ τινὶ τῇ πρὸς ἀλλήλους",
                    "ref": "Pl. R. 372a",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:372a"
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-154651",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἡ πρὸς ἀλλήλους χ.",
                    "ref": "Arist. Rh. 1376b13",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038:1376b.perseus-grc2.13"
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                },
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "Νικόμαχος] συνεβίω Ἀμυντᾳ . . ἰατροῦ καὶ φίλου χρείᾳ",
                    "ref": "D.L. 5.1",
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                }
              ],
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "label": "V",
              "definition": "<i>pregnant sentence, maxim,</i> freq. illustrated by an anecdote, Sen. Ep. 33.7, Hermog. Prog. 3, Aphthon, Prog. 3, Theon Prog. 5, etc.: pl., title of works by Zeno ( D.L. 6.91), Aristipp., etc.; by Macho, a collection of sayings of courtesans, Ath. 13.577d; ἡ τοῦ Κλεομένους χ. Plu. Apophth. Lac. 2.218a; χρεῖαι καὶ ἱστορίαι ib. Profect. 78f.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἡ τοῦ Κλεομένους χ.",
                    "ref": "Plu. Apophth. Lac. 2.218a",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg082.perseus-grc2:218a"
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