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ἐκέχρητο (ekechreto)

ἐκέχρητο is an Ancient Greek form of χράω, meaning “to declare (an oracle); to lend; (mid.) use”. It is the 3rd person singular pluperfect middle/passive indicative.

Found 25 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Lucian of Samosata, Toxaris vel amicitia 15: … οσδραμεῖν καὶ καλλωπίζεσθαι ὡς ἂν μάλιστα ἀρέσειε, καί που καὶ ᾆσαι καὶ κιθαρίσαι. οἷς ἅπασι κατὰ τοῦ Δεινίου ἐκέχρητο· καὶ ἐπεὶ ᾔσθετο πονηρῶς ἔχοντα καὶ διάβροχον ἤδη τῷ ἔρωτι καὶ τακερὸν γεγενημένον, ἄλλο ἐπὶ τούτοις ἐπενόει …

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.