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.
- ὅτι χαίρει πᾶσιν, οἷσ μισεῖ ὁ Θεόσ, συντρίβεται δὲ δἰ ἀκαθαρσίαν ψυχῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 6:20)
- φιλαμαρτήμων χαίρει μάχαισ, [ὑψῶν δὲ θύραν αὐτοῦ ζητεῖ συντριβήν]. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 17:21)
- καὶ μέντοι ὠκύμοροσ οὖσα ‐ πάνυ γὰρ ἐσ στενὸν ὁ βίοσ αὐτῇ συμμεμέτρηται τῷ φωτὶ χαίρει μάλιστα κἀν τούτῳ πολιτεύεται· (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 4:4)
- ἐπεὶ δὲ ἤλγησεν καὶ ἐνόσησεν καὶ ὁ πόνοσ ἀληθέστεροσ αὐτοῦ καθίκετο, ἰδὼν τὸ σῶμα τὸ ἑαυτοῦ ἀντιφιλοσοφοῦν τῇ Στοᾷ καὶ τἀναντία δογματίζον, αὐτῷ μᾶλλον ἢ τούτοισ ἐπίστευσεν καὶ ἔγνω ἄνθρωποσ ὢν καὶ ἀνθρώπου σῶμα ἔχων, καὶ διετέλεσεν οὐχ ὡσ ἀνδριάντι αὐτῷ χρώμενοσ, εἰδὼσ ὅτι ὃσ ἂν ἄλλωσ λέγῃ καὶ Ἡδονῆσ κατηγορῇ, λόγοισι χαίρει, τὸν δὲ νοῦν ἐκεῖσ1’ ἔχει. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 21:8)
- χαίρει γὰρ οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅπωσ τὰ τοιαῦτα λεπτολογῶν καθάπερ οἱ τὴν ψώραν ἡδέωσ κνώμενοι, καὶ τὸ φρόντισμα ἡδὺ αὐτῷ δοκεῖ καὶ μέγα φρονεῖ ἢν λέγηται ὡσ οὐ παντὸσ ἀνδρόσ ἐστι συνιδεῖν ἃ περὶ τῶν ἰδεῶν ὀξυδορκεῖ. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 34:4)
