χράω

A. fall upon, attack, assail, c. dat. pers., στυγερὸς δέ οἱ ἔχραε δαίμων Od. 5.396; τίς τοι κακὸς ἔχραε δαίμων; 10.64; so ἠϊθέοις οὐκ ἔστι τόσος πόνος, ὁππόσος ἡμῖν . . ἔχραε AP 5.296 (Agath.): cf. ἐπιχράω (B).

II. c. acc. rei, inflict upon a person, κακὸν δέ οἱ ἔχραε κοῖτον Nic. Th. 315.

III. c. inf., conceive a desire to . . , τίπτε σὸς υἱὸς ἐμὸν ῥόον ἔχραε κήδειν ἐξ ἄλλων; why did he want (or needed he) to vex my stream of all others? Il. 21.369; μνηστῆρες . . , οἳ τόδε δῶμα ἐχράετ’ ἐσθιέμεν καὶ πινέμεν ye suitors . . , who have become so eager to . . , Od. 21.69. (For signfs. 1, 11, cf. ζαχρηής; for 111 perh. cf. χρή, κέχρημαι(χράω (B) C), χρῇ, χρῇς.)