A.fall upon, attack, assail, c. dat. pers., “στυγερὸς δέ οἱ ἔχραε δαίμων” Od.5.396; “τίς τοι κακὸς ἔχραε δαίμων;” 10.64; so “ἠϊθέοις οὐκ ἔστι τόσος πόνος, ὁππόσος ἡμῖν . . ἔχραε” AP5.296 (Agath.): cf. ἐπιχράω (B).
III. c. inf., conceive a desire to . . , τίπτε σὸς υἱὸς ἐμὸν ῥόον ἔχραε κήδειν ἐξ ἄλλων; why did he want (or needed he) to vex my stream of all others? Il.21.369; μνηστῆρες . . , οἳ τόδε δῶμα ἐχράετ᾽ ἐσθιέμεν καὶ πινέμεν ye suitors . . , who have become so eager to . . , Od.21.69. (For signfs. 1, 11, cf. ζαχρηής; for 111 perh. cf. χρή, κέχρημαι （χράω (B) C), χρῇ, χρῇς.）
