- κίχρημι
- κίχρημιGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `borrow', midd. `borrow from' (D., Plu.)Other forms: κιχρέτω etc. Delph. IVa, ἐσκιχρέμεν inf. Thess. IIIa; also κίνχρητι `gives an oracle' Cret. IIa), midd.. κίχραμαι (Thphr., Plu., AP), aor. χρῆσαι, χρήσασθαι and fut. χρήσω, -ομαι (IA.), perf. κέχρηκα (hell.), -ημαι (D.),Compounds: rarely with prefix δια-, ἐπι-, ἐσ-,Derivatives: κίχρησις (Tz.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Like δίδημι to δῆσαι, δήσω (s. 1. δέω) the forms κίχρημι, κίχραμαι arose as innovations to χρῆσαι, χρήσω, χρήσασθαι, χρήσομαι. We must start from midd. χρήσασθαι prop. `use', to which a factitive active χρῆσαι `give to use' = `borrow' was created; later χρήσασθαι also = `borrow from'. S. χρη.Page in Frisk: 1,862
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.