χρώμενος (chromenos)

χρώμενος is an Ancient Greek form of χράω, meaning “to declare (an oracle); to lend; (mid.) use”. It is the present middle/passive participle nominative singular masculine.

It can also be a form of χράομαι, “to use, make use of; consult”.

It can also be a form of χραύω, “graze, wound slightly”.

Found 591 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.10.1: καὶ ὅτι μὲν Μυκῆναι μικρὸν ἦν, ἢ εἴ τι τῶν τότε πόλισμα νῦν μὴ ἀξιόχρεων δοκεῖ εἶναι, οὐκ ἀκριβεῖ ἄν τις σημείῳ χρώμενος ἀπιστοίη μὴ γενέσθαι τὸν στόλον τοσοῦτον ὅσον οἵ τε ποιηταὶ εἰρήκασι καὶ ὁ λόγος κατέχει.

Plutarch, Brutus 49.9: ἐνταῦθα καὶ Μᾶρκος ὁ Κάτωνος υἱός ἐν τοῖς ἀρίστοις καὶ γενναιοτάτοις; τῶν νέων μαχόμενος καὶ καταπονούμενος οὐκ ἔφυγεν οὐδʼεἶξεν,ἀλλὰ χρώμενός τε τῇ χειρὶ καὶ φράζων ὅστις εἴη, καὶ πατρόθεν ὀνομάζων, ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ πολλοῖς νεκροῖς τῶν πολεμίων.

Clement of Alexandria, Stromata 7.11.62: Χρώμενος τοίνυν τοῖς κτιστοῖς. ὁπόταν αἱρῇ λόγος, εἰς ὅσον αἱρεῖ. κατὰ τὴν ἐπὶ τὸν κτίσαντα εὐχαριστίαν καὶ τῆς ἀπολαύ …

All forms of χράω (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.