χράω,
A) used in
Epic dialect only in
aorist 2,
fall upon, attack, assail, with
dative person, στυγερὸς δέ οἱ ἔχραε δαίμων [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
A.II) with
accusative of things,
inflict upon a person, κακὸν δέ οἱ ἔχραε κοῖτον [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
A.III) with
infinitive,
conceive a desire to, τίπτε σὸς υἱὸς ἐμὸν ῥόον ἔχραε κήδειν ἐξ ἄλλω; why
did he want (or
needed he) to vex my stream of all others? [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; μνηστῆρες, οἳ τόδε δῶμα ἐχράετ᾽ ἐσθιέμεν καὶ πινέμεν ye suitors, who
have become so eager to, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]