χρίω

A. χρῖον Od. 4.252, also χρίεσκε A.R. 4.871: fut. χρίσω E. Med. 789: aor. ἔχρισα Od. 10.364, etc., Ep. χρῖσα Il. 16.680, Od. 4.49: pf. κέχρικα LXX 1 Ki. 10.1, al.:—Med., fut. χρίσομαι Od. 6.220: aor. part. χρισάμενος ib.96, Hes. Op. 523, etc.:—Pass., fut. χρισθήσομαι LXX Ex. 30.32: aor. ἐχρίσθην A. Pr. 675, Achae. 10: pf. κέχριμαι Hdt. 4.189,195, Magnes 3, etc., later κέχρισμαι LXX 2 Ki. 5.17: plpf. ἐκέχριστο f. l. in X. Cyr. 7.1.2; 3 pl. ἐκέχριντο Callix. 2. [Even in pres. and impf. ι is long, Od. 21.179 (ἐπι‐χριοντες), Il. 23.186, S. Tr. 675, etc.; χριει only in late Poets, as AP 6.275 (Noss.): in fut. and all other tenses ι without exception, whence the proper accent. is χρῖσαι, κεχρῖσθαι, χρῖσμα, etc.:—touch the surface of a body slightly, esp. of the human body, graze, hence,

I. rub, anoint with scented unguents or oil, as was done after bathing, freq. in Hom., λόεον καὶ χρῖον ἐλαίῳ Od. 4.252; ἔχρισεν λίπ’ ἐλαίῳ 3.466; λοέσσαι τε χρῖσαί τε 19.320; of a dead body, χρῖεν ἐλαίῳ Il. 23.186; anoint a suppliant, Berl.Sitzb. 1927.170 (Cyrene); πέπλον χ. rub or infect with poison, S. Tr. 675, cf. 689,832 (lyr.): metaph., ἱμέρῳ χρίσασ’ οἰστόν E. Med. 634 (lyr.); οὐ μέλανι, ἀλλὰ θανάτῳ χ. τὸν κάλαμον Plu. 2.841e:—Med., anoint oneself, Od. 6.96; κάλλεϊ ἀμβροσίῳ οἵῳ . . Κυθέρεια χρίεται 18.194, cf. Hes. Op. 523; ἐλαίῳ Gal. 6.417; ἐκ φαρμάκου Luc. Asin. 13: c. acc. rei, ἰοὺς χρίεσθαι anoint (i. e. poison) one's arrows, Od. 1.262:—Pass., χρίεσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου Hdt. 3.124; βακκάριδι κεχριμένος Magnes l. c.; συκαμίνῳ τὰς γνάθους κεχριμέναι Eub. 98.3: metaph., Σοφοκλέους τοῦ μέλιτι κεχριμένου Ar. Fr. 581.

2. in LXX, anoint in token of consecration, χ. τινὰ εἰς βασιλέα 4 Ki. 9.3; εἰς ἄρχοντα 1 Ki. 10.1; εἰς προφήτην 3 Ki. 19.16; also χ. τινὰ τοῦ βασιλεύειν Jd. 9.15: c. dupl. acc., χ. τινὰ ἔλαιον Ep.Heb. 1.9.

II. wash with colour, coat, αἰγέαι κεχριμέναι ἐρευθεδάνῳ Hdt. 4.189; πίσσῃ ib.195, cf. Inscr.Délos 442 A 188 (ii B. C.); ἀσφάλτῳ X. Cyr. 7.5.22 (Pass.); στοάν Supp.Epigr. 4.268 (Panamara, ii A. D.):—Med., τὸ σῶμα μίλτῳ χρίονται smear their bodies, Hdt. 4.191.

III. wound on the surface, puncture, prick, sting, of the gadfly in A. Pr. 566,597, 880 (all lyr.):—Pass., ὀξυστόμῳ μύωπι χρισθεῖσ’ ib.675.