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χρέος
χρέος, τό Ep. χρεῖος Hom. (who also uses χρέος, but only in Od., v. infr. I.1): Att. χρέως Phryn. 370, Moer. p.403 P., Choerob. in Theod. 1.360H. (and this form appears in codd. of D. 25.69, 33.24, 38.14, 40.37, 42.5; but χρέος in Pl. Plt. 267a, Lg. 958b): gen. χρείους E. IA 373 (troch., s. v.l.), χρέους Lys. 17.5 codd., χρέως D. 49.18 (and so Choerob. l.c.); no dat. occurs in Ep. forms:—pl., nom. and acc. χρέᾰ Hes. Op. 647, χρέᾱ Ar. Nu. 39, 443 (anap.), cf. Isoc. 21.13, Pl. Lg. 684e, etc.; Arc. χρήατα (but Schwyzer [665] χρῆα τά) IG 5(2).343.20, 27 ( Orchom., iv B. C.); gen. χρεῶν Ar. Nu. 13, 117, Pl. R. 566a, etc.; Ep. χρειῶν Hes. Op. 404 ( χρεέων cj. Rzach); Ep. dat. χρέεσι Man. 4.135; χρήεσσι A.R. 3.1198: ( χράομαι, χρή):

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that which one needs must pay, an obligation, debt

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χρέος, τό Ep. χρεῖος Hom. (who also uses χρέος, but only in Od., v. infr. I.1): Att. χρέως Phryn. 370, Moer. p.403 P., Choerob. in Theod. 1.360H. (and this form appears in codd. of D. 25.69, 33.24, 38.14, 40.37, 42.5; but χρέος in Pl. Plt. 267a, Lg. 958b): gen. χρείους E. IA 373 (troch., s. v.l.), χρέους Lys. 17.5 codd., χρέως D. 49.18 (and so Choerob. l.c.); no dat. occurs in Ep. forms:—pl., nom. and acc. χρέᾰ Hes. Op. 647, χρέᾱ Ar. Nu. 39, 443 (anap.), cf. Isoc. 21.13, Pl. Lg. 684e, etc.; Arc. χρήατα (but Schwyzer [665] χρῆα τά) IG 5(2).343.20, 27 ( Orchom., iv B. C.); gen. χρεῶν Ar. Nu. 13, 117, Pl. R. 566a, etc.; Ep. χρειῶν Hes. Op. 404 ( χρεέων cj. Rzach); Ep. dat. χρέεσι Man. 4.135; χρήεσσι A.R. 3.1198: ( χράομαι, χρή):
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that which one needs must pay, obligation, debt, Ἄρης . . χρέος καὶ δεσμὸν ἀλύξας Od. 8.353, cf. 355; χρεῖος ἀποστήσασθαι, i.e. pay it in full, Il. 13.746: esp. of the obligation to restore or pay for ‘lifted’ cattle and plunder, so the heralds of the Pylians summoned to share in booty all οἷσι χρεῖος ὀφείλετʼ· . . πολέσιν γὰρ Ἐπειοὶ χρεῖος ὄφειλον (where Sch. A, τὰ περιελασθέντα ἐκ τῆς Πύλου ὑπὸ τῶν Ἐπειῶν θρέμματα χρέως καλεῖ) Il. 11.686, cf. Od. 3.367, 21.17; later simply, debt, αὐτὸς ἔτεισε . . χρέος Thgn. 205; ἀρᾶς τίνει χ. pays the debt demanded by the curse, A. Ag. 457 (lyr.); μή τι πέρα χρέος . . πόλει προσάψῃς debt, i.e. guilt, S. OC 235 (lyr.); χ. πράσσειν τινά exact payment of a debt from one, Pi. O. 3.7; ἐμὸν καταίσχυνε χ. dishonoured my debt, i.e. dishonoured me for not paying my debt, for not keeping my promise, ib. 10(11).8; τεὸν χ. the debt due to thee, Id. P. 8.33: in Com. and Prose, χ. ἀποδιδόναι repay a debt, Hdt. 2.136 (where also we have χ. διδόναι to give a loan, and χ. λαμβάνειν to receive a loan), cf. Ar. Nu. 117, Pl. Plt. 267a; ἔχω χ. ὡς εἰπεῖν οὐδὲν ἀνδρὸς Ἕλληνος I know of nothing that I owe to any man of Greece, Hdt. 3.140; χ. ἀπαιτεῖν Plu. Oth. 2; τὰ ὑπάρχοντα τῶν χ. ἀνεῖσθαι Id. Sol. 15; τὸ ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν χρέως (sc. ὀφειλόμενον) D. 33.24; ὢ καλὸν εἰς ἄλοχον θέμενος χ., like χάριν θέσθαι (v. τίθημι A. II.7 fin.), Epigr. in Arch.Pap. 1.220 ( Ptolemaic); ἔχειν εἴς τι χ. Plu. Caes. 48: pl., debts, Hes. Op. 647, Ar. Nu. 13, etc.; χρειῶν λύσις Hes. Op. 404; χρέα ἀπολαβεῖν And. 3.15; χρέα ἐπὶ τόκοις ὀφειλόμενα Is. 11.42; τὴν οὐσίαν ἅπασαν χρέα κατέλιπον left all the property in outstanding debts, D. 38.7; εἰσπραχθέντα χρέα ibid.; ἐκπληρῶσαι τὸ χ. ἅπαν pay it, Pl. Lg. 958b; τὸ χ. διαλυέτω SIG 306.46 ( Tegea, iv B. C.), cf. Plu. Luc. 20 ( Pass.); πρὸς τὰ χ. ἀπάγεσθαι Plb. 38.11.10, D.H. 4.9:—cf. ἀποκοπή.
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Od. 8.353
Ἄρης . . χρέος καὶ δεσμὸν ἀλύξας
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Thgn. 205
αὐτὸς ἔτεισε . . χρέος
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Plu. Oth. 2
χ. ἀπαιτεῖν
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Id. Sol. 15
τὰ ὑπάρχοντα τῶν χ. ἀνεῖσθαι
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τίθημι A. II.7
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Plu. Caes. 48
ἔχειν εἴς τι χ.
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Hes. Op. 404
χρειῶν λύσις
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And. 3.15
χρέα ἀπολαβεῖν
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Is. 11.42
χρέα ἐπὶ τόκοις ὀφειλόμενα
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τὸ χ. διαλυέτω
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Plb. 38.11.10
πρὸς τὰ χ. ἀπάγεσθαι
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the debt that all must pay, fate, death, οὐκ ἔστι τὸ χ. φυγεῖν Alciphr. 1.25; τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς ἀπαιτηθεὶς χ. LXX Wi. 15.8; also ἂν μή τις θᾶττον ὡς χ. ἀποδιδῷ τὸ ζην Pl. Ax. 367b; ὁπότε εἰς τὸν ἀέρα ἀναδράμῃ τὸ χ. (sc. ἡ ψυχή, regarded as lent to the body) Vett.Val. 330.33.
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Alciphr. 1.25
οὐκ ἔστι τὸ χ. φυγεῖν
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LXX Wi. 15.8
τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς ἀπαιτηθεὶς χ.
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Pl. Ax. 367b
ἂν μή τις θᾶττον ὡς χ. ἀποδιδῷ τὸ ζην
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II
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business, affair, matter, ἑὸν αὐτοῦ χρεῖος ἐελδόμενος Od. 1.409, cf. 2.45; χρέος πᾶν ἐπικραίνεις, of Pelasgos, A. Supp. 374 (lyr.); purpose, object, εἰ μὲν γὰρ ὑμῖν μὴ τόδʼ ἐκπράξω χρέος ib. 472, cf. S. OT 156 (lyr.); πᾶν ὃ θέλεις . . χ. ἐκτετέλεσται Theoc. 25.53: c. gen., σὸν οὐκ ἔλασσον ἢ κείνης χ. your affair, E. Hec. 892.
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Od. 1.409
ἑὸν αὐτοῦ χρεῖος ἐελδόμενος
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Theoc. 25.53
πᾶν ὃ θέλεις . . χ. ἐκτετέλεσται
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thing, τί χρέος; = τί χρῆμα; A. Ag. 85 (anap.), E. Heracl. 95 (lyr.), cf. S. OC 251 (lyr.); ἐφʼ ὅ τι χ. ἐμόλετε E. Or. 150 (lyr); τί χ. ἔβα δωμα; Id. Fr. 1011 (lyr.); τί καινὸν ἦλθε δώμασιν χ.; Id. HF 530, cf. Ar. Nu. 30 (with play on signf. I), Theoc. 24.66.
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E. Or. 150
ἐφʼ ὅ τι χ. ἐμόλετε
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Id. Fr. 1011
τί χ. ἔβα δωμα;
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Id. HF 530
τί καινὸν ἦλθε δώμασιν χ.;
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ἐλάφους, μέγα τι χ. (cf. χρῆμα II.3) Call. Dian. 100.
III
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Od. 11.479, ἦλθον Τειρεσίαο κατὰ χρέος seems to be = Τειρεσίᾳ χρησόμενος ( 10.492) to consult him.
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κατὰ χρέος means according to what is needful, in due fashion, h.Merc. 138, A.R. 3.189, Arat. 343.
IV
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duty, task, charge, office, ἦλθε τωὔτʼ ἐπὶ χρέος Pi. O. 1.45, cf. 7.40; οἷς τόδʼ ἦν χρέος A. Pers. 777, cf. Th. 20; τὸ σὸν μελέσθω . . φρουρῆσαι χρέος S. El. 74, cf. E. Or. 1253 (lyr.), IT 883 (lyr.).
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Pi. O. 1.45
ἦλθε τωὔτʼ ἐπὶ χρέος
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A. Pers. 777
οἷς τόδʼ ἦν χρέος
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S. El. 74
τὸ σὸν μελέσθω . . φρουρῆσαι χρέος
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V
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τὸ συνδρῶν χ. the circumstance of being an accomplice, E. Andr. 337.
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anything useful or serviceable, χρεῶν χρηΐζοντι μετάδοσιν ποιήσασθαι Hp. Jusj.; δέκα στατῆρανς καταστασεῖ, τῶ δὲ χρήϊος ( = χρέους) διπλεῖ ὄτι κʼ ὀ δικαστὰς ὀμόσει συνεσσάκσαι Leg.Gort. 3.14, cf. 11, GDI 5100.11 ( Malla).
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Hp. Jusj.
χρεῶν χρηΐζοντι μετάδοσιν ποιήσασθαι
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διπλεῖ ὄτι κʼ ὀ δικαστὰς ὀμόσει συνεσσάκσαι
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value, validity, μηδὲν ἐς χρῆος (or χρέος) ἤμην τὰν δόσιν the gift shall be of no value, i. e. invalid, Leg.Gort. 10.24, cf. 31.
VII
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παρὰ χρέος, = παραχρῆμα, Call. Aet. Oxy. 2080.14 [Fr. 43.14 Pf.] ( παραχρῆμʼ ap. Stob.), Nic. Al. 614 (prob. orig. = signf. VIII).
VIII
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need, τί δʼ, ὦ τάλας, σε τοῦδʼ ἔχει πλέκους χρέος; Answ. χ. μὲν οὐδέν, βούλομαι δʼ ὅμως λαβεῖν Ar. Ach. 454, cf. Bion Fr. 2.2.
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Ar. Ach. 454
χ. μὲν οὐδέν, βούλομαι δʼ ὅμως λαβεῖν
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{'quote': 'χρέους', 'ref': 'Lys. 17.5', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg017.perseus-grc2:5'}
{'quote': 'χρέως', 'ref': 'D. 49.18', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg049.perseus-grc2:18'}
{'quote': 'χρέᾰ', 'ref': 'Hes. Op. 647', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc2:647'}
{'quote': 'χρέᾱ', 'ref': 'Ar. Nu. 39', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc2:39'}
{'quote': 'χρεῶν', 'ref': 'Ar. Nu. 13', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc2:13'}
{'quote': 'χρειῶν', 'ref': 'Hes. Op. 404', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc2:404'}
{'quote': 'χρέεσι', 'ref': 'Man. 4.135', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2583.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.135'}
{'quote': 'χρήεσσι', 'ref': 'A.R. 3.1198', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.1198'}
{'quote': 'Ἄρης . . χρέος καὶ δεσμὸν ἀλύξας', 'ref': 'Od. 8.353', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.353'}
{'quote': 'αὐτὸς ἔτεισε . . χρέος', 'ref': 'Thgn. 205', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0002.tlg001.perseus-grc2:205'}
{'quote': 'χ. ἀπαιτεῖν', 'ref': 'Plu. Oth. 2', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg066.perseus-grc2:2'}
{'quote': 'τὰ ὑπάρχοντα τῶν χ. ἀνεῖσθαι', 'ref': 'Id. Sol. 15', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg007.perseus-grc2:15'}
{'quote': 'τίθημι A. II.7', 'ref': '', 'urn': ''}
{'quote': 'ἔχειν εἴς τι χ.', 'ref': 'Plu. Caes. 48', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg048.perseus-grc2:48'}
{'quote': 'χρειῶν λύσις', 'ref': 'Hes. Op. 404', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc2:404'}
{'quote': 'χρέα ἀπολαβεῖν', 'ref': 'And. 3.15', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg003.perseus-grc2:15'}
{'quote': 'χρέα ἐπὶ τόκοις ὀφειλόμενα', 'ref': 'Is. 11.42', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg011.perseus-grc2:42'}
{'quote': 'τὸ χ. διαλυέτω', 'ref': '', 'urn': ''}
{'quote': 'πρὸς τὰ χ. ἀπάγεσθαι', 'ref': 'Plb. 38.11.10', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001:38.11.perseus-grc2.10'}
{'quote': 'οὐκ ἔστι τὸ χ. φυγεῖν', 'ref': 'Alciphr. 1.25', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0640.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.25'}
{'quote': 'τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς ἀπαιτηθεὶς χ.', 'ref': 'LXX Wi. 15.8', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg035.perseus-grc2:15.8'}
{'quote': 'ἂν μή τις θᾶττον ὡς χ. ἀποδιδῷ τὸ ζην', 'ref': 'Pl. Ax. 367b', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg038.perseus-grc2:367b'}
{'quote': 'ἑὸν αὐτοῦ χρεῖος ἐελδόμενος', 'ref': 'Od. 1.409', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:1.409'}
{'quote': 'πᾶν ὃ θέλεις . . χ. ἐκτετέλεσται', 'ref': 'Theoc. 25.53', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc2:25.53'}
{'quote': 'ἐφʼ ὅ τι χ. ἐμόλετε', 'ref': 'E. Or. 150', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc2:150'}
{'quote': 'τί χ. ἔβα δωμα;', 'ref': 'Id. Fr. 1011', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg020.perseus-grc2:1011'}
{'quote': 'τί καινὸν ἦλθε δώμασιν χ.;', 'ref': 'Id. HF 530', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc2:530'}
{'quote': 'ἦλθε τωὔτʼ ἐπὶ χρέος', 'ref': 'Pi. O. 1.45', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.45'}
{'quote': 'οἷς τόδʼ ἦν χρέος', 'ref': 'A. Pers. 777', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc2:777'}
{'quote': 'τὸ σὸν μελέσθω . . φρουρῆσαι χρέος', 'ref': 'S. El. 74', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc2:74'}
{'quote': 'χρεῶν χρηΐζοντι μετάδοσιν ποιήσασθαι', 'ref': 'Hp. Jusj.', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg013.perseus-grc2:1'}
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{'quote': 'χ. μὲν οὐδέν, βούλομαι δʼ ὅμως λαβεῖν', 'ref': 'Ar. Ach. 454', 'urn': 'urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc2:454'}

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        "quote": "χρειῶν",
        "ref": "Hes. Op. 404",
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      "data": {
        "quote": "χρέεσι",
        "ref": "Man. 4.135",
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      "data": {
        "quote": "χρήεσσι",
        "ref": "A.R. 3.1198",
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              "label": "I",
              "definition": "<i>that which one needs must pay, obligation, debt,</i> Ἄρης . . χρέος καὶ δεσμὸν ἀλύξας Od. 8.353, cf. 355; χρεῖος ἀποστήσασθαι, i.e. pay <i>it</i> in full, Il. 13.746: esp. of <i>the obligation to restore or pay for ‘lifted’ cattle and plunder,</i> so the heralds of the Pylians summoned to share in booty all οἷσι χρεῖος ὀφείλετʼ· . . πολέσιν γὰρ Ἐπειοὶ χρεῖος ὄφειλον (where Sch. A, τὰ περιελασθέντα ἐκ τῆς Πύλου ὑπὸ τῶν Ἐπειῶν θρέμματα χρέως καλεῖ) Il. 11.686, cf. Od. 3.367, 21.17; later simply, <i>debt,</i> αὐτὸς ἔτεισε . . χρέος Thgn. 205; ἀρᾶς τίνει χ. pays <i>the debt demanded by</i> the curse, A. Ag. 457 (lyr.); μή τι πέρα χρέος . . πόλει προσάψῃς <i>debt,</i> i.e. <i>guilt,</i> S. OC 235 (lyr.); χ. πράσσειν τινά exact payment of a <i>debt</i> from one, Pi. O. 3.7; ἐμὸν καταίσχυνε χ. dishonoured my <i>debt,</i> i.e. dishonoured me <i>for not paying my debt, for not keeping my promise,</i> ib. 10(11).8; τεὸν χ. <i>the debt due</i> to thee, Id. P. 8.33: in Com. and Prose, χ. ἀποδιδόναι repay a <i>debt,</i> Hdt. 2.136 (where also we have χ. διδόναι to give a <i>loan,</i> and χ. λαμβάνειν to receive a <i>loan</i>), cf. Ar. Nu. 117, Pl. Plt. 267a; ἔχω χ. ὡς εἰπεῖν οὐδὲν ἀνδρὸς Ἕλληνος I know of nothing <i>that I owe</i> to any man of Greece, Hdt. 3.140; χ. ἀπαιτεῖν Plu. Oth. 2; τὰ ὑπάρχοντα τῶν χ. ἀνεῖσθαι Id. Sol. 15; τὸ ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν χρέως (sc. ὀφειλόμενον) D. 33.24; ὢ καλὸν εἰς ἄλοχον θέμενος χ., like χάριν θέσθαι (v. τίθημι A. II.7 fin.), Epigr. in Arch.Pap. 1.220 ( Ptolemaic); ἔχειν εἴς τι χ. Plu. Caes. 48: pl., <i>debts,</i> Hes. Op. 647, Ar. Nu. 13, etc.; χρειῶν λύσις Hes. Op. 404; χρέα ἀπολαβεῖν And. 3.15; χρέα ἐπὶ τόκοις ὀφειλόμενα Is. 11.42; τὴν οὐσίαν ἅπασαν χρέα κατέλιπον left all the property <i>in outstanding debts,</i> D. 38.7; εἰσπραχθέντα χρέα ibid.; ἐκπληρῶσαι τὸ χ. ἅπαν pay <i>it,</i> Pl. Lg. 958b; τὸ χ. διαλυέτω SIG 306.46 ( Tegea, iv B. C.), cf. Plu. Luc. 20 ( Pass.); πρὸς τὰ χ. ἀπάγεσθαι Plb. 38.11.10, D.H. 4.9:—cf. ἀποκοπή.",
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                    "quote": "Ἄρης . . χρέος καὶ δεσμὸν ἀλύξας",
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                    "quote": "αὐτὸς ἔτεισε . . χρέος",
                    "ref": "Thgn. 205",
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                    "quote": "χ. ἀπαιτεῖν",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τὰ ὑπάρχοντα τῶν χ. ἀνεῖσθαι",
                    "ref": "Id. Sol. 15",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τίθημι A. II.7",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἔχειν εἴς τι χ.",
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                    "quote": "χρειῶν λύσις",
                    "ref": "Hes. Op. 404",
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                    "quote": "χρέα ἀπολαβεῖν",
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                    "quote": "χρέα ἐπὶ τόκοις ὀφειλόμενα",
                    "ref": "Is. 11.42",
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                    "quote": "τὸ χ. διαλυέτω",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πρὸς τὰ χ. ἀπάγεσθαι",
                    "ref": "Plb. 38.11.10",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>the debt that all must pay, fate, death,</i> οὐκ ἔστι τὸ χ. φυγεῖν Alciphr. 1.25; τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς ἀπαιτηθεὶς χ. LXX Wi. 15.8; also ἂν μή τις θᾶττον ὡς χ. ἀποδιδῷ τὸ ζην Pl. Ax. 367b; ὁπότε εἰς τὸν ἀέρα ἀναδράμῃ τὸ χ. (sc. ἡ ψυχή, regarded as lent to the body) Vett.Val. 330.33.",
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                        "quote": "οὐκ ἔστι τὸ χ. φυγεῖν",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς ἀπαιτηθεὶς χ.",
                        "ref": "LXX Wi. 15.8",
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                        "quote": "ἂν μή τις θᾶττον ὡς χ. ἀποδιδῷ τὸ ζην",
                        "ref": "Pl. Ax. 367b",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>business, affair, matter,</i> ἑὸν αὐτοῦ χρεῖος ἐελδόμενος Od. 1.409, cf. 2.45; χρέος πᾶν ἐπικραίνεις, of Pelasgos, A. Supp. 374 (lyr.); <i>purpose, object,</i> εἰ μὲν γὰρ ὑμῖν μὴ τόδʼ ἐκπράξω χρέος ib. 472, cf. S. OT 156 (lyr.); πᾶν ὃ θέλεις . . χ. ἐκτετέλεσται Theoc. 25.53: c. gen., σὸν οὐκ ἔλασσον ἢ κείνης χ. your <i>affair,</i> E. Hec. 892.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἑὸν αὐτοῦ χρεῖος ἐελδόμενος",
                    "ref": "Od. 1.409",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:1.409"
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                },
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-154697",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "πᾶν ὃ θέλεις . . χ. ἐκτετέλεσται",
                    "ref": "Theoc. 25.53",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>thing,</i> τί χρέος; = τί χρῆμα; A. Ag. 85 (anap.), E. Heracl. 95 (lyr.), cf. S. OC 251 (lyr.); ἐφʼ ὅ τι χ. ἐμόλετε E. Or. 150 (lyr); τί χ. ἔβα δωμα; Id. Fr. 1011 (lyr.); τί καινὸν ἦλθε δώμασιν χ.; Id. HF 530, cf. Ar. Nu. 30 (with play on signf. I), Theoc. 24.66.",
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                        "quote": "ἐφʼ ὅ τι χ. ἐμόλετε",
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                        "quote": "τί χ. ἔβα δωμα;",
                        "ref": "Id. Fr. 1011",
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                        "quote": "τί καινὸν ἦλθε δώμασιν χ.;",
                        "ref": "Id. HF 530",
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                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "ἐλάφους, μέγα τι χ. (cf. χρῆμα II.3) Call. Dian. 100.",
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              "label": "III",
              "definition": "Od. 11.479, ἦλθον Τειρεσίαο κατὰ χρέος seems to be = Τειρεσίᾳ χρησόμενος ( 10.492) <i>to consult</i> him.",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "κατὰ χρέος means according to <i>what is needful,</i> in <i>due</i> fashion, h.Merc. 138, A.R. 3.189, Arat. 343.",
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            },
            {
              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "<i>duty, task, charge, office,</i> ἦλθε τωὔτʼ ἐπὶ χρέος Pi. O. 1.45, cf. 7.40; οἷς τόδʼ ἦν χρέος A. Pers. 777, cf. Th. 20; τὸ σὸν μελέσθω . . φρουρῆσαι χρέος S. El. 74, cf. E. Or. 1253 (lyr.), IT 883 (lyr.).",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἦλθε τωὔτʼ ἐπὶ χρέος",
                    "ref": "Pi. O. 1.45",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "οἷς τόδʼ ἦν χρέος",
                    "ref": "A. Pers. 777",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc2:777"
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τὸ σὸν μελέσθω . . φρουρῆσαι χρέος",
                    "ref": "S. El. 74",
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              ],
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            {
              "label": "V",
              "definition": "τὸ συνδρῶν χ. the <i>circumstance</i> of being an accomplice, E. Andr. 337.",
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              "label": "VI",
              "definition": "<i>anything useful</i> or <i>serviceable,</i> χρεῶν χρηΐζοντι μετάδοσιν ποιήσασθαι Hp. Jusj.; δέκα στατῆρανς καταστασεῖ, τῶ δὲ χρήϊος ( = χρέους) διπλεῖ ὄτι κʼ ὀ δικαστὰς ὀμόσει συνεσσάκσαι Leg.Gort. 3.14, cf. 11, GDI 5100.11 ( Malla).",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "χρεῶν χρηΐζοντι μετάδοσιν ποιήσασθαι",
                    "ref": "Hp. Jusj.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "διπλεῖ ὄτι κʼ ὀ δικαστὰς ὀμόσει συνεσσάκσαι",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>value, validity,</i> μηδὲν ἐς χρῆος (or χρέος) ἤμην τὰν δόσιν the gift shall be of no <i>value,</i> i. e. invalid, Leg.Gort. 10.24, cf. 31.",
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            },
            {
              "label": "VII",
              "definition": "παρὰ χρέος, = παραχρῆμα, Call. Aet. Oxy. 2080.14 [Fr. 43.14 Pf.] ( παραχρῆμʼ ap. Stob.), Nic. Al. 614 (prob. orig. = signf. VIII).",
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            {
              "label": "VIII",
              "definition": "<i>need,</i> τί δʼ, ὦ τάλας, σε τοῦδʼ ἔχει πλέκους χρέος; Answ. χ. μὲν οὐδέν, βούλομαι δʼ ὅμως λαβεῖν Ar. Ach. 454, cf. Bion Fr. 2.2.",
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                    "quote": "χ. μὲν οὐδέν, βούλομαι δʼ ὅμως λαβεῖν",
                    "ref": "Ar. Ach. 454",
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