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.
- ὁ κακοδαίμων Περεγρῖνοσ, ἢ ὡσ αὐτὸσ ἔχαιρεν ὀνομάζων ἑαυτόν, Πρωτεύσ, αὐτὸ δὴ ἐκεῖνο τὸ τοῦ Ὁμηρικοῦ Πρωτέωσ ἔπαθεν· (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 1:1)
- Ὁ Περίανδροσ, οἶμαι, ἔχαιρεν αὐτῷ καὶ πολλάκισ μετεπέμπετο αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῇ τέχνῃ, ὁ δὲ πλουτήσασ παρὰ τοῦ τυράννου ἐπεθύμησε πλεύσασ οἴκαδε ἐσ τὴν Μήθυμναν ἐπιδείξασθαι τὸν πλοῦτον, καὶ ἐπιβὰσ πορθμείου τινὸσ κακούργων ἀνδρῶν ὡσ ἔδειξε πολὺν ἄγων χρυσόν τε καὶ ἄργυρον, ἐπεὶ κατὰ μέσον τὸ Αἰγαῖον ἐγένοντο, ἐπιβουλεύουσιν αὐτῷ οἱ ναῦται· (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, poseidon and the dolphins, chapter 21)
- ἤδη δὲ ἔγνων κύνα, ἥτισ οἴκοι μὲν κατηφὴσ ἦν καὶ οὐδενὶ τῶν πλησιαζόντων ἔχαιρεν· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 7 2:1)
- πολλοὺσ δὲ καὶ ἄλλουσ τῶν ἡρώων εἰπεῖν ἔχων τοῖσ αὐτοῖσ ἐγγεγυμνασμένουσ καὶ τέχνην τὸ πρᾶγμα πεποιημένουσ, ἱκανὸν ἡγοῦμαι τὸν Νεοπτόλεμον, Ἀχιλλέωσ μὲν παῖδα ὄντα, πάνυ δὲ διαπρέψαντα ἐν τῇ ὀρχηστικῇ καὶ εἶδοσ τὸ κάλλιστον αὐτῇ προστεθεικότα, Πυρρίχιον ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ κεκλημένον καὶ ὁ Ἀχιλλεύσ, ταῦτα ὑπὲρ τοῦ παιδὸσ πυνθανόμενοσ, μᾶλλον ἔχαιρεν, οἶμαι, ἢ ἐπὶ τῷ κάλλει καὶ τῇ ἄλλῃ ἀλκῇ αὐτοῦ. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 9:1)
- τὴν μακαρῖτίν μου γυναῖκα τὴν τούτων μητέρα πάντεσ ἴσασιν ὅπωσ ἠγάπησα, ἐδήλωσα δὲ οἷσ περὶ αὐτὴν ἔπραξα οὐ ζῶσαν μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐπεὶ ἀπέθανεν, τόν τε κόσμον ἅπαντα συγκατακαύσασ καὶ τὴν ἐσθῆτα ᾗ ζῶσα ἔχαιρεν. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 22:41)
