ὑπερχαίρω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ὑπερχαίρω
ὑπερχήσω
Structure:
ὑπερ
(Prefix)
+
χαίρ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to rejoice exceedingly at
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- πρότερον μὲν γὰρ οὕτω σύνηθεσ ἡγοῦντο καὶ προσῆκον ἔργον αὐτοῖσ εἶναι τὸ νικᾶν τοὺσ πολεμίουσ, ὥστε μήτε θύειν τοῖσ θεοῖσ πλὴν ἀλεκτρυόνα νικητήριον ἐν τῇ πόλει, μήτε μεγαληγορεῖν τοὺσ ἀγωνισαμένουσ, μήτε ὑπερχαίρειν τοὺσ πυνθανομένουσ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆσ ἐν Μαντινείᾳ μάχησ γενομένησ, ἣν Θουκυδίδησ γέγραφε, τῷ πρώτῳ φράσαντι τήν νίκην οἱ ἄρχοντεσ ἐκ φιδιτίου κρέασ ἔπεμψαν εὐαγγέλιον, ἄλλο δὲ οὐδέν· (Plutarch, Agesilaus, chapter 33 4:1)
- "οὐδ’ οἷσ εὐφραίνετο μετρίωσ γιγνομένοισ ὑπερχαίρειν γενομένων ὅπου οὐδὲ τοῖσ ἐκπεπληγμένοισ τὰ σωματικὰ καὶ θαυμάζουσιν ἐμμένει τὸ χαίρειν παυσαμένοισ, ἀλλὰ σκιά τισ ὑπολείπεται καὶ ὄναρ ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ τῆσ ἡδονῆσ ἀποπταμένησ οἱο͂ν ὑπέκκαυμα τῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν, ὥσπερ ἐν ὕπνοισ διψῶντοσ ἢ ἐρῶντοσ ἀτελεῖσ ἡδοναὶ καὶ ἀπολαύσεισ δριμύτερον ἐγείρουσι τὸ ἀκόλαστον. (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 4 2:12)
- ὥσθ’ ὑπερχαίρειν τὸ πάνσοφον τοῦτο δόγμα καὶ θεῖον παραλαβοῦσαν, ὅτι τοῦ κακῶσ πράττειν πέρασ ἐστὶν αὐτῇ τὸ ἀπολέσθαι καὶ φθαρῆναι καὶ μηδὲν εἶναι. (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 23 9:1)
- ὅταν δὲ περὶ αὐτὸν ὦσι τὸν λαγῶ, δῆλον ποιείτωσαν τῷ κυνηγέτῃ θᾶττον φοιτῶσαι, μᾶλλον γνωρίζουσαι ἀπὸ τοῦ θυμοῦ, ἀπὸ τῆσ κεφαλῆσ, ἀπὸ τῶν ὀμμάτων, ἀπὸ τῆσ μεταλλάξεωσ τῶν σχημάτων καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀναβλεμμάτων καὶ ἐμβλεμμάτων εἰσ τὴν ὕλην καὶ ἀναστρεμμάτων τῶν ἐπὶ τὰσ καθέδρασ τοῦ λαγῶ, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν εἰσ τὸ πρόσθεν καὶ ὄπισθεν καὶ εἰσ τὸ πλάγιον διαρριμμάτων, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀληθῶσ ἤδη αἰωρεῖσθαι τὴν ψυχὴν καὶ ὑπερχαίρειν ὅτι τοῦ λαγῶ ἐγγύσ εἰσι. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 4 5:1)
- ὅταν ὁ ἰατρὸσ εἰσέρχηται, μὴ φοβεῖσθαι, τί εἴπῃ, μηδ’ ἂν εἴπῃ "κομψῶσ ἔχεισ", ὑπερχαίρειν· (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 13:3)
Synonyms
-
to rejoice exceedingly at
Derived
- ἐπιχαίρω (to rejoice over, exult over, to rejoice in)
- καταχαίρω (to exult over, with malignant joy)
- προσχαίρω (to rejoice at)
- προχαίρω (to rejoice beforehand, far be it from me! away with it!)
- συγχαίρω (to rejoice with, take part in joy, with)
- χαίρω (to be full of cheer, i.e. calmly happy or well off, be well; farewell)