chria

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

chrīa, ae, f., = χρεία, in rhetoric,

a sentence proposed as a theme for rhetorical exercise , with its logical development , Quint. 1, 9, 3 sq.; 1, 9, 4 sq.; 2, 4, 26 Spald.; Sen. Ep. 33, 6; Diom. p. 289 P.