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.
- χαίροι μὲν Διόνυσοσ, ὃν ἐν Δρακάνῳ νιφόεντι Ζεὺσ ὕπατοσ μεγάλαν ἐπιγουνίδα κάτθετο λύσασ· (Theocritus, Idylls, 20)
- χαίροι δ’ εὐειδὴσ Σεμέλα καὶ ἀδελφεαὶ αὐτᾶσ Καδμεῖαι πολλαῖσ μεμελημέναι ἡρωίναισ, αἳ τόδε ἔργον ἔρεξαν ὀρίναντοσ Διονύσου οὐκ ἐπιμωματόν. (Theocritus, Idylls, 21)
- ὁ νοῦν ἔχων γεωργόσ, ὧν σπερμάτων κήδοιτο καὶ ἔγκαρπα βούλοιτο γενέσθαι, πότερα σπουδῇ ἂν θέρουσ εἰσ Ἀδώνιδοσ κήπουσ ἀρῶν χαίροι θεωρῶν καλοὺσ ἐν ἡμέραισιν ὀκτὼ γιγνομένουσ, ἢ ταῦτα μὲν δὴ παιδιᾶσ τε καὶ ἑορτῆσ χάριν δρῴη ἄν, ὅτε καὶ ποιοῖ· (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 321:3)
- Τῆσ γὰρ αὐτῆσ ἡμέρασ ὁτὲ μὲν λυποῖτ̓ ἄν, ὁτὲ δὲ χαίροι. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 7:4)
- πρωῒ μὲν ἐπειδὰν ἴδῃ τὴν σκιὰν ἑωθινὴν πάνυ μακράν, τῶν τε κυπαρίττων καὶ τῶν ἐν τοῖσ τείχεσι πύργων σχεδὸν μείζω, δῆλον ὅτι χαίροι ἂν ὡσ αὐτὸσ ἐξαπίνησ γεγονὼσ τοῖσ Ἀλῳάδαισ ἴσοσ καὶ εἰσ τὴν ἀγορὰν βαδίζοι ἂν καὶ εἰσ τὰ θέατρα καὶ πανταχόσε τῆσ πόλεωσ, ὅπωσ ἂν ὑπὸ πάντων βλέποιτο. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 8:1)
