χρῶμαι (chromai)

χρῶμαι is an Ancient Greek form of χράω, meaning “to declare (an oracle); to lend; (mid.) use”.

It can also be a form of χράομαι, “to use, make use of; consult”. It is the 1st person singular present middle/passive subjunctive.

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

Found 43 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 6.2.62: … μὲ δʼ οὐκ ἐπαινεῖτε τὸν ἄξιον λαβεῖν. ἀπαιτούμενος ὑπό τινος τρίβωνα ἔφη, εἰ μὲν ἐχαρίσω, ἔχω· εἰ δʼ ἔχρησας, χρῶμαι. ὑποβολιμαίου τινὸς εἰπόντος αὐτῷ ὅτι χρυσὸν ἔχοι ἐν τῷ ἱματίῳ, ναί, ἔφη, διὰ τοῦτο αὐτὸ ὑποβεβλημένος κοιμᾷ.

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.