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.
- ἀλλ’ ἀκούσαντεσ τοιούτου χαίρομεν κηρύγματοσ. (Aristophanes, Peace, Parodos, trochees7)
- χαίρομεν· (Euripides, Ion, episode, trochees7)
- "χαίρετε καὶ χαίρομεν" εἶτ’ εὐθὺσ ἐκπνεῦσαι. (Plutarch, De gloria Atheniensium, section 3 10:1)
- "μένει δ’ οὐδεὶσ οὐδ’ ἔστιν εἷσ, ἀλλὰ γιγνόμεθα πολλοὶ, περὶ ἕν τι φάντασμα καὶ κοινὸν ἐκμαγεῖον ὕλησ περιελαυνομένησ καὶ ὀλισθανούσησ ἐπεὶ πῶσ οἱ αὐτοὶ μένοντεσ ἑτέροισ χαίρομεν νῦν, ἑτέροισ πρότερον, τἀναντία φιλοῦμεν ἢ μισοῦμεν καὶ θαυμάζομεν καὶ ψέγομεν; (Plutarch, De E apud Delphos, section 1810)
- νυνὶ δ’ οὐκ οἰοῖ̓͂δ’ ὅπωσ ὀφθαλμιῶντεσ μὲν οἰόμεθα δεῖν ἀποστρέφειν ἐπὶ τὰ μὴ ποιοῦντα πληγὴν μηδ’ ἀντιτυπίαν χρώματα καὶ σώματα τὴν ὄψιν, ἐν δὲ μέμψεσι καὶ ὀργαῖσ καὶ ὑπονοίαισ πρὸσ ἀδελφοὺσ γενόμενοι χαίρομεν καὶ προσαναχρωννύμεθα τοῖσ ἐκταράττουσιν, ὅτε καλῶσ εἶχε τοὺσ μὲν ἐχθροὺσ καὶ δυσμενεῖσ ἀποδιδράσκειν καὶ λανθάνειν, συνεῖναι δὲ καὶ συνδιημερεύειν μάλιστα κηδεσταῖσ ἐκείνων καὶ οἰκείοισ καὶ φίλοισ καὶ πρὸσ γυναῖκασ αὐτῶν εἰσιόντασ αἰτιᾶσθαι καὶ παρρησιάζεσθαι. (Plutarch, De fraterno amore, section 19 2:2)