παραχράομαι

παραχράομαι,

A misuse, abuse,

οἱ μὲν οὐ χρῶνται, οἱ δὲ παραχρῶνται Arist.Fr.56

;

χρῶ μὴ παραχρώμενος Ph.2.61

: c. dat.,

π. τῷ σώματι Plb.6.37.9

, etc.;

π. ὥσπερ ἀνδραπόδοις D.H.6.93

.

2 π. ἐς τοὺς συμμάχους deal wrongly or unworthily with them, Hdt.5.92.ά.

II treat with contempt, disregard, c. acc., Id.1.108, 4.159, 8.20 : part. παραχρεώμενοι, abs., of combatants, fighting without thought of life, setting nothing by their life, Id.7.223.

III use for a further or subsidiary purpose, Arist.PA688a23.

B [voice] Act. [full] παραχράω, = παραχρηστηριάζω, Str.Chr.9.8.