χρέος, χρεῖος (χράομαι): (1) want, need, then
affair, business, Od.
1.409, Od. 2.45
; Τειρεσία_ο κατὰ χρέος, for
want of T., i. e. to consult him, Od. 11.479.—(2) what one must
pay, debt, ὀφείλειν τινί,
ὀφέλλεταί μοι, Il.
11.688, 686.