IV. absol ., ouj crew;n a[rcete ye rule unrightfully, Thuc.
crevw"
crevw" , tov , v. sub crevo" .
crewvsth" , ou, oJ , ( crevo" ) a debtor, Luc.
crewfeilevth"
cre-wfeilevth" , ou, oJ , ( ojfeivlw ) a debtor, one in debt, N.T ., Plut.
crh`/
crh`/ , v. cravw (B). 11.
crh` , hJ , = crewvn II , need, necessity, crh\stai , which serves as a fut. to crhv , it will be needful, c. inf ., Soph.
crhv
crhv
,
impers.
:
subj.
crh`/
:
opt.
creivh
:
inf.
crh`nai
,
poët.
also
crh`n
:—
impf.
ejcrh`n
, also without the augm.
crh`n
even in
Att.
: (
cravw
(C)):—
it is fated, necessary,
Aesch
.,
etc.
;
oujde; e}n i[ama o{ ti crh`n prosfevronta" wjfelei`n
no one remedy which
one was sure
to do good by administering,
Thuc.
:—
c. inf.
it must, must needs, one must
or
ought
to do,
Hom.
,
Att.
; more often, like
Lat.
oportet
,
c. acc.
pers. et
inf.
one must, one must needs, it behoves, befits
one to. . ,
oujdev tiv se crh; nhlee;" h\tor e[cein
Il.,
etc.
; often the
inf.
must be supplied from the context,
tivpte mavch" ajpopauveai
;
oujdev tiv se crhv
(
sc.
ajpopauvesqai
), why cease from battle? for
it behoves
thee not, Il.; so,
o{qi crh; pezo;n ejovnta
(
sc.
mavrnasqai
) Od.;
ejpipleuvseiev ti" wJ" crhv
(
sc.
ejpipleu`sai
)
Thuc.
:—
absol.
,
ejrei` ti", ouj crh`n
[
sc.
tou`to poiei`n1/4, ajlla; tiv crh`n ei[pate
Eur.
ap.
Ar.
2. c. acc. pers. et gen. rei, oujdev tiv se crh; ajfrosuvnh" thou hast no need of imprudence, i.e. it does not befit thee, Il.; muqhvseai o{tteov (i.e. o{tou ) se crhv thou wilt say what thou hast need of, Od. II. sometimes in a less strong sense, pw`" crh; tou`to pera`sai ; how is one to get through this? Theocr.
III. to; crh`n (infin.) = crewvn , fate, destiny, Eur.
crhv/zw
crhv/zw , Ion. crhivzw : Dor. crhv/sdw , Megar. crhv/ddw :— f. crhv/sw : Ion. aor. I inf. crhivsai : used by Att.writers only in pres. and impf. : ( cravw (B). 11):— to need, want, lack, have need of, c. gen ., Hom. , Aesch. :— absol. in part. crhivzwn lacking, needy, poor, Od., Hes.
2.
to desire, long for, ask for,
c. gen
.,
Hdt.
,
Aesch.
:—rarely
c. acc.
rei,
Hdt.
,
Soph.
;—often an
inf.
must be supplied,
fravze o{ ti crhv/zei"
(
sc.
fravzein
)
Ar.
,
etc.
b.
c. acc.
pers. et
inf.
to ask
or
desire
that one should do a thing,
Hdt.
; so also
c. gen. pers.
et
inf.
to desire of
one to do, Id.;
c. inf.
only,
to desire
to do a thing,
Trag.
c.
c.
dupl.
gen.
pers. et rei,
tw`nde ejgw; uJmevwn crhivzwn sunevlexa
Hdt.
3.
mh; qanei`n e[crha/ze"
(
Soph.
O. C. 1713) is explained,
O that thou hadst
not
desired
to die,—a very unusual construction;
cf.
ejpwfevlhsa
for
w[felon
(supr. 541).
4. the part. crhv/zwn is used absol. for eij crhv/zei , if one will, if one chooses, Theogn ., Aesch. :—also, to; crh`/zon your solicitation, Eur.
crhvzw