Scaife ATLAS

χρίω to touch on the surface: to rub or anoint with scented unguents, Hom.; λόεον καὶ χρῖον ἐλαίωι Od.; πέπλον χρ. to infect with poison, Soph.; metaph., ἱμέρωι χρίσασʼ οἰστόν Eur.:—Mid. to anoint oneself, Od., Hes.: c. acc. rei, χρίεσθαι ἰούς to anoint (i. e. poison) oneʼs arrows, Od.:—Pass., χρίεσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου, of a dead body left exposed to the sun, Hdt. to rub over with colour: Pass. to be coloured, Hdt.:—Mid., χρίεσθαι τὰ σώματα to smear their bodies, Xen. to wound on the surface, prick, sting, Aesch.:—Pass., ὀξυστόμωι μύωπι χρισθεῖσʼ Xen.

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to touch on the surface: to rub

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Headword:

χρίω

Headword (normalized):

χρίω

Headword (normalized/stripped):

χριω

IDX:

35946

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n35987

Key:

xri/w

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