χ491Χρήμη
need
[Meaning a] lack/want, and scarcity. Herodotus [when commenting] on the life of Homer [says]: "those [sc. arguments] which had been opposed to his need". "He nevertheless became [involved] in great expenses". That is in…
Χρήμη· χρεία, καὶ σπάνις. Ἡρόδοτος εἰς τὸν βίον Ὁμήρου· τοὺς ἐναντιωθέντας τῇ χρήμῃ αὐτοῦ. ὅμως ἐν δαπανήμασι μεγάλοις ἐγένετο. τουτέστι μετρίῳ πλούτῳ καὶ περιουσίᾳ.