γηθέω

getheo

rejoice

Appears 40 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

γηθέω, 3 sg. γηθεῖ (contr.) Il. 14.140, Dor. γᾱθεῖ Theoc. 1.54 (but pf. is always used for pres. in Trag., unless γηθούσῃ φρενί be read in A. Ch. 772, and impf. ἐπ-εγήθει (v. infr.) in Id. Pr. 157 (lyr.)): impf. ἐγήθεον Il. 7.127, 214: fut. γηθήσω 8.378, etc.: aor. ἐγήθησα, Ep. γήθησα Hes. Sc. 116, Dor. γάθησα Pi. P. 4.122, cf. Limen. 7: pf. γέγηθα (in pres. sense, v. supr.), Dor. γέγᾱθα with 3 sg. γεγάθει Epich. 109 (imper. γέγᾱθι Hymn.Curet. 6), Il. 8.559, etc.: plpf. ἐγεγήθειν restored by Elmsl. in A. Pr. 157, Ep. γεγήθειν Il. 11.683, 13.494, Boeot. 3 sg. γεγάθι Corinn. Supp. 1.27. A collat. form γήθω, Dor. γάθω, mentioned by Hsch., is found in CIG 3632 (Ilium), Orph. H. 16.10, al.:—Med., γήθομαι Q.S. 14.92, AP 6.261 (Crin.), S.E. M. 11.107: (v. γαίω):—
rejoice, c. acc. rei, τίς ἂν τάδε γηθήσειεν Il. 9.77; γ. κατὰ θυμόν 13.416; νῶι γηθήσει προφανέντε will rejoice at our appearing, 8.378: freq. c. part., rejoice in doing . . , γέγηθας ζῶν S. Ph. 1021; πίνων E. Cyc. 168: γεγήθει φρένα Il. 11.683 (but Ἀχιλλῆος κῆρ γηθεῖ 14.140); θυμῷ γηθήσας Hes. Sc. 116; ἃν περὶ ψυχὰν γάθησεν Pi. P. 4.122; παλαιαῖσιν ἐν ἀρεταῖς γ. Id. N. 3.33; γεγηθέναι ἐπί τινι S. El. 1231, Hierocl. in CA 5p.427M.: c. dat., ἄλλος ἄλλῳ γέγαθε Axiop. 1.23; τοῖς μεγάλοις ἀεὶ κακοῖς γέγηθʼ ὁ κόσμος Sotad. 15.4: part. γεγηθώς, like χαίρων, Lat. impune, ἦ καὶ γ. ταῦτʼ ἀεὶ λέξειν δοκεῖς; S. OT 368; but simply, cheerful, φαιδρὸς καὶ γ. D. 18.323.
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