ἐχρῆτο (echreto)

ἐχρῆτο 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 3rd person singular imperfect middle/passive indicative.

Found 283 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.130.2: δυσπρόσοδόν τε αὑτὸν παρεῖχε καὶ τῇ ὀργῇ οὕτω χαλεπῇ ἐχρῆτο ἐς πάντας ὁμοίως ὥστε μηδένα δύνασθαι προσιέναι· δι’ ὅπερ καὶ πρὸς τοὺς Ἀθηναίους οὐχ ἥκιστα ἡ ξυμμαχία μετέστη.

Cassius Dio Cocceianus, Historia Romana 42.27.2: … η. ὕπατος μὲν γὰρ οὐδεὶς οὐδὲ στρατηγὸς οὐδέπω ἦν, ὁ δὲ δὴ Ἀντώνιος τῆς μὲν ἐσθῆτος ἕνεκα (τῇ γὰρ περιπορφύρῳ ἐχρῆτὀ καὶ ῥαβδούχων (τοὺς γὰρ ἓξ μόνους εἶχἐ τοῦ τε τὴν βουλὴν ἀθροίζειν εἰκόνα τινὰ τῆς δημοκρατίας παρείχετο, τῷ …

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.