# χρίω
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey(H)- (“to smear, strike”), which is perhaps extended from *gʰer- (“to rub”). Potential cognates are uncertain, but include Phrygian γεγρειμεναν (gegreimenan, “painted, adorned, written”), Lithuanian griẽti (“to skim (cream from milk)”), English grime. See also χρῶμα (khrôma, “complexion, color”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʰrǐː.ɔː/ → /ˈxri.o/ → /ˈxri.o/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /kʰrǐː.ɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈkʰri.o/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈxri.o/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈxri.o/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈxri.o/

### Verb

χρῑ́ω • (khrī́ō)
* to smear with [with dative ‘something’], rub [with dative ‘something’] on something; to anoint with olive oil
* (middle voice) to anoint oneself, usually with olive oil
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 6.97–98:αἱ δὲ λοεσσάμεναι καὶ χρīσάμεναι λίπ’ ἐλαίῳ δεῖπνον ἔπειθ’ εἵλοντο παρ’ ὄχθῃσιν ποταμοῖο,hai dè loessámenai kaì khrīsámenai líp’ elaíōi deîpnon épeith’ heílonto par’ ókhthēisin potamoîo,After they bathed and anointed themselves richly with olive oil, they then took lunch on the banks of the river,
* (biblical, in the Septuagint) to anoint someone ceremonially to consecrate them as king, priest, etc.
** 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, 2 Kings 9.3:τάδε λέγει Κύριος· κέχρικά σε εἰς βασιλέα ἐπὶ Ἰσραήλ·táde légei Kúrios; kékhriká se eis basiléa epì Israḗl;The Lord says this: I have anointed you as king over Israel.

#### Synonyms

* (anoint, anoint oneself): ἀλείφω (aleíphō)

#### Derived terms

* χρῖμα (khrîma)/ χρῖσμα (khrîsma)
* χρῖσις (khrîsis)
* χρῑστός (khrīstós)

### See also

* ἔλαιον (élaion)

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χρῑ́ω, -ομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1650

### Further reading

* “χρίω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “χρίω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “χρίω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* χρίω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* “χρίω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* G5548 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 457
* χρίω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

## Greek
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek χρῑ́ω (khrī́ō).

### Verb

χρίω • (chrío) (past έχρισα)
* to anoint

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Related terms

* χρίσμα n (chrísma, “nomination”)
* Χρίσμα n (Chrísma, “Christian confirmation”)
* Ancient Greek:
   * χρῖμα (khrîma)
   * χρῖσμα n (khrîsma, “annointing”)
   * χριστός (khristós, “annointed”)