χαίρω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
χαίρω
Structure:
χαίρ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Etym.: Root XAR
Sense
- to be full of cheer, i.e. calmly happy or well off
- (on meeting or parting, as an imperative) be well; farewell, be glad, God speed, greetings, hail, joy(‐fully), rejoice (as a salutation)
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.
- ἔχαιρον δ’ αὖ ὥσπερ ^ ἐκ ζοφεροῦ τινοσ ἀέροσ τοῦ βίου τοῦ πρόσθεν ἐσ αἰθρίαν τε καὶ μέγα φῶσ ἀναβλέπων ὥστε δή, τὸ καινότατον, τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ μὲν καὶ τῆσ περὶ αὐτὸν ἀσθενείασ ἐπελανθανόμην, τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν ὀξυδερκέστεροσ κατὰ μικρὸν ἐγιγνόμην ἐλελήθειν γάρ τέωσ αὐτὴν τυφλώττουσαν περιφέρων. (Lucian, Nigrinus, Nigrinou Fiaosofia 4:4)
- φύσει γὰρ τοιοῦτόν ἐστιν ὁ πολὺσ λεώσ, ’ χαίρουσι τοῖσ ἀποσκώπτουσιν καὶ λοιδορουμένοισ, καὶ μάλισθ’ ὅταν τὰ σεμνότατα εἶναι δοκοῦντα διασύρηται, ὥσπερ ἀμέλει καὶ πάλαι ἔχαιρον Ἀριστοφάνει καὶ Εὐπόλιδι Σωκράτη τουτονὶ ἐπὶ χλευασίᾳ παράγουσιν ἐπὶ τὴν σκηνὴν καὶ κωμῳδοῦσιν ἀλλοκότουσ τινὰσ περὶ αὐτοῦ κωμῳδίασ. (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 25:4)
- ἐγὼ δ’ ἔχαιρον τῇ σιωπῇ, καί με τοῦτ’ ἔτερπεν οὐχ ἧττον ἢ νῦν οἱ λαλοῦντεσ. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Agon, Epirrheme5)
- ἀλλ’ οἱ Συβαρῖται ἔχαιρον τοῖσ Μελιταίοισ κυνιδίοισ καὶ ἀνθρώποισ οὐκ ἀνθρώποισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 16 3:2)
- ὃ τῶν βασιλέων καὶ τυράννων οὐδεὶσ ἐζήλωσεν, ἀλλὰ Πολιορκηταὶ καὶ Κεραυνοὶ καὶ Νικάτορεσ, ἔνιοι δ’ Αἐτοὶ καὶ Ιἕρακεσ ἔχαιρον προσαγορευόμενοι, τὴν ἀπὸ τῆσ βίασ καὶ τῆσ δυνάμεωσ, ὡσ ἐοίκε, μᾶλλον ἢ τὴν ἀπὸ τῆσ ἀρετῆσ δόξαν ἀγαπῶντεσ. (Plutarch, , chapter 6 2:1)
