ἀποχράω

ἀποχράω, [dialect] Dor. [suff] ἀποχοιρ-χρέω Archim.Aren.3.3, [Epich.]253: inf.

A

-χρῆν D.4.22

, Antiph.161, Luc.Herm.24 (-χρῆναι v.l. in D.H.3.22, condemned by AB81), [dialect] Ion.

-χρᾶν Hdt.3.138

, but

-χρῆναι Hp.VC14

; part. -χρῶν, -χρῶσα, v. infr.: [tense] impf. ἀπέχρη, [dialect] Ion.

-έχρα Hdt.1.66

: [tense] fut. -χρήσω: [tense] aor. -έχρησα:—suffice, be sufficient, be enough:

1 abs., in persons other than [ per.] 3sg., [ per.] 1sg. only in εἷς ἐγὼν ἀποχρέω [Epich.] l.c.; [

θανάτω] δύ' ἀποχρήσουσιν μόνω Ar.Pl.484

; ἀποχρήσει (sc. ἡ ὑφαντική) Pl.Plt.279b;

τηλικαύτην ἀποχρῆν οἶμαι τὴν δύναμιν D.4.22

;

ἀποχρῶν ἀνὴρ ἔμοιγε πρὸς τὰ νῦν κακά Pherecr.145.6

;

ἡλικία ἀποχρῶσα Ar.Fr.489

;

σύμβουλος ἀποχρῶν τῇ πόλει Pl.Alc.2.145c

; of ἀρετή, Stoic.3.50: c. inf.,

ἀποχρῶσι . . ἑκατὸν νέες χειρώσασθαι Hdt.5.31

;

Κνιδίους μούνους ἀποχρᾶν οἱ τοὺς κατάγοντας γίνεσθαι Id.3.138

, cf. 9.48;

πεδίον ἀποχρῶν τὴν Ἀσίαν πρὸς τὴν Εὐρώπην ἀντιτάξαι Philostr. Im.1.1

.

2 mostly in [ per.] 3sg., c. dat.,

a with a nom., [ποταμὸς] οὐκ ἀπέχρησε τῆ στρατιῇ πινόμενος was not enough to supply the army with drink, Hdt.7.43, 196; often in the phrase

ταῦτ' ἀπόχρη μοι Ar. Av. 1603

, cf. Pl.Phdr.279a;

ἀπόχρη μοι τοσοῦτον ἐὰν . . Isoc.5.28

;

οὐκ ἀπέχρησε δὲ αὐτῷ τοῦτο D.21.17

;

οὐδὲ ταῦτ' ἀπέχρησεν αὐτοῖς Isoc. 4.97

. b. impers., c. inf., ἀποχρᾷ ([etym.] -χρη) μοι ἡσυχίην ἄγειν, ποιέειν τι, etc., t)is sufficient for me to . ., Hdt.1.66, 6.137, 9.79, Hp.Mochl.38; [

ἔφασαν] ἀποχρήσειν σφι τὴν ἑωυτῶν φυγάσσειν Hdt.8.130

: c. dat. part., ἀποχρᾶν σφι κατὰ τὸ ἥμισυ ἡγεομένοισι it was enough for them if they shared the command, Id.7.148; μέρος βαιὸν ἐχούση πᾶν ἀπόχρη μοι 'tis all sufficient for me to have a little, A.Ag.1574 (nowhere else in Trag.);

τοσαῦτ' ἀπόχρη προσθήσειν Str.9.1.20

.

c impers., ἀπόχρη τινός there is enough of a thing, Hp.Mul.1.12, Vid.Ac.4; ἀποχρῆν ἐνίοις ὑμῶν ἄν μοι δοκεῖ εἰ . . methinks it would have satisfied some of you, D.4.42: abs. in part., οὐκ ἀποχρῆς αν αὐτῷ since it did not suffice him, Arist.Xen.976b21.

3 [voice] Pass., to be contented with a thing, c. dat., ἀποχρεωμένων τούτοισι τῶν Μυσῶν the Mysians being satisfied therewith, Hdt.1.37;

τοῖς ὀνόμασι μόνον D.17.31

.

b impers.,

οὐκ ἀπεχρᾶτο μούνων Μήδων ἄρχειν Hdt.1.102

;

ἀπεχρᾶτό σφι ἡσυχίην ἄγειν Id.8.14

.

II deliver an oracle, Ael.Fr.59.

B ἀποχράομαι use to the full, avail oneself of,

ἐπικαιρότατον χωρίον . . ἀποχρῆσθαι Th.1.68

;

ἀποχρήσασθε τῆ . . ὠφελίᾳ Id.6.17

, cf. 7.42; ὅταν . . ἀποχρήσωνται χρῶνται λοιπὸν ὡς προδόταις when they have made all the use they can of them, then they deal with them . ., Plb.18.15.9.

2 abuse, misuse, c. dat.,

εἰς ταῦτα ἀποχρῆσθαι τῷ πλουτεῖν D.21.124

;

πλεονεκτικῶς ταῖς ἐξουσίαις ἀ. OGI665.16

(Egypt, i A.D.);

ἀποχρωμένων μᾶλλον ἢ χρωμένων αὐτῷ Plu.Comp.Alc.Cor.2

;

οἷς μὲν χρῆσθαι, οἷς δ' ἀ. Id.2.178c

: c. gen.,

θυγατρός Id.Nob.13

.

3 c. acc., destroy, kill, Ar.Fr.358, Th.3.81, Poll.8.74, etc.

4

ἀ. τὰ χρήματα

make use of,

Arist.Oec.1349b17

.

5 ἀποχρησαμένοις· ἀποσεισαμένοις, Hsch.