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crevomai , Ion. for cravomai .

crevo"

crevo" and crevw" , Ep. crei`o" , tov ; gen. crevou" :— pl. , nom. and acc. creva± , Att. creva<Eth> ; gen. crew`n , Ep. creiw`n : ( cravomai, crhv ):

I. that which one needs must pay, an obligation, debt, Od.; a debt for stolen cattle, Il.; crei`o" ajposthvsasqai to pay a debt in full, Ib.; ajra`" tivnei cr . pays the debt demanded by the curse, Aesch. ; crevo" povlei prosavptein to attach a further debt, i.e. guilt to the city, Soph. ; crevo" ajpodidovnai to repay a debt, Hdt ., Ar. :—in pl. debts, creiw`n luvsi" Hes .; th;n oujsivan a{pasan creva katevlipe left all the property in outstanding debts, Dem.

II. a needful business, an affair, matter, eJo;n aujtou` crei`o" Od.: a requirement, a purpose, Soph. : c. gen ., like cavrin , for the sake of, so;n oujk e[lasson h] keivnh" crevo" Eur.

2. like crh`ma , a thing, tiv crevo" ; = tiv crh`ma ; wherefore? Aesch .; ejfÆ o{ ti cr. ejmovlete ; Eur.
III. in Od., h\lqon Teiresivao kata; crevo" seems to be = Teiresiva/ crhsovmeno" , I came to consult him:—but, kata; crevo" according to what is due, as is meet, h. Hom.

IV. a duty, task, charge, office, Pind ., Trag.
V. = creiva , want, need, tiv de; tou`dÆ e[cei plevkou" crevo" ; Ar.

crevw

crevw , Ion. for cravw (C), to deliver an oracle, h. Hom.

crewv

crewv , Ep. creivw , gen. ou`", hJ : ( crevo", creiva ):— want, need; hence desire, longing, urgent wish, Hom. ; h\ ti mavla crewv of a truth something is much needed, Il.; creioi` ajnagkaivh/ by dire necessity, Ib.; c. gen ., creiw; ejmei`o want, need of me, Hom.

2. creiw; iJkavnetai want, necessity arises, Id.; so, creiw; givgnetai Il.; tivpte dev se creiw; deu`rÆ h[gage ; Od.

3. cr. iJkavnei tinav comes upon him, ejme; de; crew; givgnetai aujth`" ( sc. th`" nhov" ) need of the ship comes upon me, Il.; oujdev tiv min crew; e[stai tumbocoh`" nor will need of a grave be felt by him, Ib.

4. hence the elliptical use of crewv c. acc. pers., tivpte dev se crewv ( sc. iJkavnei ); Hom. ; c. gen. rei, ou[ti me tauvth" crew; timh`" need of it touches me not, Il.; crew; boulh`" ejme; kai; sev Ib.;—also c. inf. , to;n crew; eJstavmenai kraterw`" he needs must stand firm, Ib.; oujdev tiv min crew; nhw`n ejpibainevmen Od. »crevw in Hom. is a monosyll.]

crewkopivdh"

crew-kopivdh" , ou, oJ , ( kovptw ) one who cancels his debts, an insolvent, Plut.

crewvmeno"

crewvmeno" , Ion. part. of cravomai .

crewvn

crewvn , tov , indecl., properly a part. neut. of crhv , that which must be, to; crew;n givnesqai Hdt .; to; crew;n tou` crhsmou` Plut.

II. need, necessity, fate, Eur ., Plat.
2. crewvn ( sc. ejsti ), much like crhv , ‘tis fated, necessary, Lat. oportet , c. inf ., Theogn. , Aesch. , etc.
3. sometimes as a neut. part. (like ejxovn , etc. ), it being necessary, since it was necessary, Hdt.
III. more rarely that which is expedient or right, Soph ., Ar. , etc.


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