χρίω
I. "to touch on the surface: to rub or anoint with scented unguents", Hom.; λόεον καὶ χρῖον ἐλαίωι Od.; πέπλον χρ. "to infect" with poison, Soph.; metaph., ἱμέρωι χρίσασ᾽ οἰστόν Eur.:—Mid. "to anoint oneself", Od., Hes.: c. acc. rei, χρίεσθαι ἰούς "to anoint" (i. e. "poison) one's" arrows, Od.:—Pass., χρίεσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου, of a dead body left exposed to the sun, Hdt.
II. "to rub over with colour": Pass. "to be coloured", id=Hdt.:—Mid., χρίεσθαι τὰ σώματα "to smear their" bodies, Xen.
III. "to wound on the surface, prick, sting", Aesch.:—Pass., ὀξυστόμωι μύωπι χρισθεῖσ᾽ id=Xen.