χρῇ

χρῇ, χρῇς, 3 and 2 pers. sg. pres. indic. of a defect. verb, expld. by Hsch. and Sch. S. Ant. 887 by θέλει χρῄζει, θέλεις χρῄζεις and found in the following passages: εἴτε χρῇ θανεῖν whether she

• desires to die, S. Ant. 887 (χρή codd., cf. Sch.ad loc.); σοὶ δὲ δρᾶν ἔξεσθʼ ἃ χρῇς Id. Aj. 1373 (χρή codd.); εἴτε χρῇς (sc. κηρύσσειν με) Id. El. 606 (χρή codd.); πρὸς ταῦθʼ ὅ τι χρῇ καὶ παλαμάσθων E. Fr. 918 (anap., χρή codd.); πάρα δʼ ἄλλʼ ὅ τι χρῇς Cratin. 127, cf. Eup. 4 (prob. l.); οὐ χρῆσθα (sc. φωνεῖν); Ar. Ach. 778 (Megarian). (Cogn. with χρή, κέχρημαι ‘I yearn after’, χρῄζω.)