χαίρω
chairo
rejoice, be glad
Appears 251 times across Plato's dialogues.
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χαίρω, Il. 7.191, etc.; 3pl. imper. χαιρόντων HF 575: impf., Ep. χαῖρον Il. 14.156, Ion. χαίρεσκον 18.259: fut. χαιρήσω 20.363, 1.128, Pl. 64, 1.101, An. 5.20.6; Ep. redupl. inf. κεχᾰρησέμεν Il. 15.98; later χᾰρῶ v.l. in Apoc. 11.10: aor. ἐχαίρησα Luc. 25: pf. κεχάρηκα V. 764, part. -ηκώς 3.42, etc., Ep. acc. κεχᾰρηότα, pl. -ότας, Il. 7.312, Fr. 77:—Med. (in same sense), χαίρομαι, noted as a barbarism in Pax 291 (v. Sch.), but found in BCH 36.622 (Perinthus, written χέρ-), Pr. 1.20, al.: fut. χᾰρήσομαι Ps.- Philopatr. 24, (συγ-) 30.18.1, 31.15; Dor. χαρησοῦμαι Ep. 3.7; χᾰροῦμαι LXXZa.4.10, (κατα-) ib.Pr. 1.26; Ep.κεχᾰρήσομαι Od. 23.266: aor. 1 part. χαιρησάμενος BGU 742 ii 3 (ii A. D.): Ep. aor.1 χήρατο Il. 14.270; ἐχ- C. 1.509, etc.; part. χηράμενος AP 7.198 (): Ep. redupl. aor. 2, 3pl. κεχάροντο Il. 16.600 (χάροντο 6.315); opt. 3sg. and pl. κεχάροιτο, -οίατο, Od. 2.249, Il. 1.256:—Pass. (in same sense), aor. 2 ἐχάρην [ᾰ] 7.54, etc., Ep. 3sg. χάρη 5.682, 13.609; subj. χᾰρῇς R. 606c; opt. χᾰρείη Il. 6.481; inf. χᾰρῆναι 164; part. χᾰρείς Il. 10.541, 118, I. 6(5).10, Th. 981 (lyr.), etc.; pf. κεχάρημαι h.Bacch. 7.10, IA 200 (lyr.), V. 389 (anap.); part. κεχαρμένος Or. 1122, Tr. 529 (lyr.), Cyc. 367 (lyr.): plpf. 3sg. and pl. κεχάρητο, -ηντο, Sc. 65, h.Cer. 458:—A. rejoice, be glad, Il. 3.111, 21.347, etc.; γραῦς ἥδε οἰνοφόρος κεχαρημένη ὧδε κάθηται IG 12(8).679 (Scyros, ii B. C.): χ. θυμῷ Il. 7.191, al.; ἐν θυμῷ 24.491, Od. 22.411; φρεσὶν ᾗσι Il. 13.609; φρένα 6.481; χ. νόῳ to rejoice in wardly, Od. 8.78; χαίρει δέ μοι ἦτορ Il. 23.647; αὐτὰρ ἐμὸν κῆρ χ. Od. 4.260; χ. καὶ γελᾶν El. 1300; ἥδομαι καὶ χαίρομαι κεὐφραίνομαι Pax 291; opp. λυπεῖσθαι, Fr. 266.3, Aj. 555, etc.; opp. ἀλγεῖν, Tr. 1119. —Constr., 1. c. dat. rei, rejoice at, take pleasure in a thing, νίκῃ Il. 7.312; φήμῃ Od. 2.35; δώρῳ Op. 358; μόλπᾳ Supp. 25.5, cf. OT 1070, Mx. 238d, etc.: c. dat. pers., χαῖρε . . ἀνδρὶ δικαίῳ Od. 3.52; with a part. added, χάρη δʼ ἄρα οἱ προσιόντι Il. 5.682, cf. 24.706, Od. 19.463: with Preps., χαίρειν ἐπί τινι Fr. 926, Mem. 2.6.35, Cyr. 8.4.12, 2.30, Lg. 739d, etc.; πρὸς τοῖς παιδικοῖς 327; with a part. added, ἐπʼ ἐξεργασμένοις κακοῖσι χ. Ba. 1040, cf. 1033: rarely ἔν τινι Eu. 996 (lyr.), Tr. 1119: also c. dat. modi, χ. γέλωτι express oneʼs joy by laughter, Cyr. 8.1.33. b. of a plant, χαίρει ὑφάμμοις χωρίοις HP 6.5.2; also ἡ κύστις χ. τῇ χολῇ 19.646. 2. rarely c. acc., with a part. added, χαίρω δέ σʼ εὐτυχοῦντα Rh. 390; τοὺς γὰρ εὐσεβεῖς θεοὶ θνῄσκοντας οὐ χ. Hipp. 1340; χαίρω σʼ <ἐλθόντα> Fr. 673 (this usage is said to be Oropian, EM 808.4). b. with a neut. Adj., ταὐτὰ λυπεῖσθαι καὶ ταὐτὰ χαίρειν τοῖς πολλοῖς 18.292: c. acc. cogn., ἁπλῆν χαίρειν ἡδονήν EN 1154b26; χ. ἀνδραπόδων τινὰ χαράν 2.1091e. 3. c. part., χαίρω . . τὸν μῦθον ἀκούσας I rejoice at having heard, am glad to hear, Il. 19.185, cf. 7.54, 11.73; χαίρουσιν βίοτον νήποινον ἔδοντες Od. 14.377, cf. 12.380, Op. 55; χαίρω . . κόμπον ἱείς N. 8.49; χαίρεις ὁρῶν φῶς, πατέρα δʼ οὐ χαίρειν δοκεῖς; Alc. 691; χαίρω φειδόμενος Pl. 247; θωπευόμενος χαίρεις Eq. 1116 (lyr.), cf. Smp. 191e, etc. b. c. part. pres., delight in doing, to be wont to do, χρεώμενοι χαίρουσι 7.236, cf. Ph. 449, V. 764, Prt. 318d, 346c, 358a. 4. χαίρειν ὅττι or ὅτι . . , Od. 14.51, 526, N. 5.46; ἐχάρην καὶ ἐθρασυνάμην ὅτι ἔμαθον . . Fr. 42; χ. οὕνεκα . . Od. 8.200. II. with negat., esp. with fut., οὐ χαιρήσεις thou wilt or shalt not rejoice, i.e. thou shalt not go unpunished, shalt repent it, Pl. 64; οὐ χαιρήσετον Eq. 235; so οὐδέ τινʼ οἴω Τρώων χαιρήσειν Il. 20.363, cf.15.98, Od. 2.249, V. 186; ἀλλʼ οὐδʼ ὣς Κῦρός γε χαιρήσει 1.128; with an interrog., σὺ . . χαιρήσειν νομίζεις; Alex. 51: rarely with other tenses, ὅπως ἂν μὴ χαίρωσιν. 19.299; οὐκ ἐχαίρησεν Luc. 25: for a similar use of the part., v. infr. IV.2. III. freq. in imper. χαῖρε, dual χαίρετον, pl. χαίρετε, as a form of greeting, 1. at meeting, hail, welcome (esp. in the morning, acc. to 69.18, cf. Laps.), Il. 9.197, Od. 13.229, etc.; χαῖρε, ξεῖνε, παρʼ ἄμμι φιλήσεαι 1.123; strengthd., οὖλέ τε, καὶ μάλα χαῖρε, θεοὶ δέ τοι ὄλβια δοῖεν 24.402; χαῖρέ μοι Il. 23.19, cf. OC 1137; repeated, Eu. 996, 1014 (both lyr.), Aj. 91, etc.; χαῖρʼ ὡς μέγιστα, χαῖρε Ph. 462; in greeting oneʼs native land, the sun, etc., Ag. 508,22, Ph. 1453 (anap.). b. sts. implied in the use of χαίρω, κῆρυξ Ἀχαιῶν, χαῖρε . . Answ. χαίρω I accept the greeting, Ag. 538; νῦν πᾶσι χαίρω, νῦν με πᾶς ἀσπάζεται I hear the word χαῖρε from all, OT 596: so in inf., τὸ χαίρειν dub. l. in Chrm. 164e; χαίρειν δὲ τὸν κήρυκα προὐννέπω I bid him welcome, Tr. 227; προσειπών τινα χ. οὐκ ἀντιπροσερρήθη Mem. 3.13.1; but χαίρειν τἄλλʼ ἐγώ σʼ ἐφίεμαι I bid thee have thy pleasure, Aj. 112. c. inf. alone at the beginning of letters, Κῦρος Κυαξάρῃ χαίρειν (sc. λέγει) Cyr. 4.5.27, cf. 14.1; used by Alexander the Great to Phocion as a mark of respect, 51J. 2. at leavetaking, fare-thee-well, Od. 5.205, 13.59, 15.151; χαῖρε πόλλʼ ὦδελφέ Ra. 164; pl., χαίρετε πολλάκι 1.144; freq. put into the mouth of the dying, Aj. 863, Tr. 921, Phd. 116d, etc.: hence in sepulchral inscriptions, IG 7.203, etc. b. hence, imper. χαιρέτω, χαιρόντων, have done with . . , away with . . , εἴτʼ ἐγένετο ἄνθρωπος εἴτʼ ἐστὶ δαίμων, χαιρέτω 4.96; χαιρέτω βουλεύματα τὰ πρόσθεν Med. 1044, χαιρόντων πόνοι HF 575; cf. Smp. 199a, Lg. 636d, 886d. c. ἐᾶν χαίρειν τινά or τι dismiss from oneʼs mind, put away, renounce, 6.23, 9.41, Pl. 1187, Phd. 63e, Prt. 348a, An. 7.3.23, etc.; συχνὰ χ. ἐᾶν τινα Phlb. 59b; ἐλευθερίαν μακρὰ χ. ἐᾶν Apol. 3; μακρὰ χ. εἰποῦσα VH 12.1; πόλλα μοι τὰν Πωλυανάκτιδα παῖδα χαίρην 86; τὴν Κύπριν πόλλʼ ἐγὼ χαίρειν λέγω Hipp. 113, cf. 1059, Tht. 188a; χ. κελεύων πολλὰ τοὺς Ἀχαρνέας Ach. 200; εἰπεῖν χαίρειν τινά Ath.Mitt. 56.131 (Milet., Hellenistic), cf. Dem.Enc. 50; χαίρειν προσαγορεύειν Pl. 322 (metaph. in Lg. 771a); χαίρειν προσειπεῖν 308: less freq. c. dat. pers. (never with ἐᾶν χ.) , πολλὰ χαίρειν ξυμφοραῖς καταξιῶ Ag. 572 (nisi leg.ξυμφοράς) ; φράσαι . . χαίρειν Ἀθηναίοισι Nu. 609 (troch.); πολλὰ εἰπόντα χ. τῷ ἀληθεῖ Phdr. 272e, cf. Phd. 64c, R. 406d, HG 4.1.31 (codd., fort. ἀλλήλους), ad Them. 255a. 3. on other occasions, as in comforting, be of good cheer, Od. 8.408; at meals, 4.60, 18.122; χαῖρε, γύναι, φιλότητι good luck be on our union, 11.248; εὐχωλῇς χαίρετε 13.358: χαῖρε ἀοιδῇ h.Hom. 9.7. IV. part. χαίρων glad, joyful, Il. 1.446, etc.; χαίροντα φίλην ἐς πατρίδʼ ἔπεμπον εἰς Ἰθάκην Od. 19.461; χαίροντι φέρειν . . χαίρων 17.83; λυπούμενοι καὶ χαίροντες in sorrow and in joy, Rh. 1356a16: also pf. part. κεχαρηκώς 3.27,42, etc. 2. joined with another Verb, safe and sound, with impunity, χαίροντα ἀπαλλάσσειν ib.69, cf. 9.106, 24.153; more freq. with a neg., οὐ χαίρων to oneʼs cost, οὐ χαίροντες γέλωτα ἐμὲ θήσεσθε 3.29; οὔ τι χαίρων . . ἐρεῖς OT 363, cf. Ant. 759, Ph. 1299, Med. 398, Ach. 563, Grg. 510d; οὐ γὰρ . . χαίρων τις . . τοὐμὸν ἀλγυνεῖ κέαρ 90; οὔτε χαίροντες ἂν ἀπαλλάζαιτε An. 5.6.32; also οὔτι χαιρήσων γε σύ V. 186; cf. supr. II. 3. in the same sense as imper. (supr. III), σὺ δέ μοι χαίρων ἀφίκοιο fare-thee-well, and mayʼst thou arrive, Od. 15.128, cf. 2.163; χαίροισʼ ἔρχεο go thy way rejoicing, Supp. 23.7; ἀλλʼ ἑρπέτω χαίρουσα let her go with a benison, Tr. 819; χαίρων ἴθι fare-thee-well, Alc. 813, Ph. 921; χαίρουσα . . στεῖχε Hipp. 1440. 4. τὸ χαῖρον τῆς ψυχῆς 2.136c, 1089e. V. Astrol., of a planet, occupy the position appropriate to another of its own αἵρεσις, in Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(4).230, Tetr. 51, 63.6, 2.348. (Cf. Skt. háryati ‘take pleasure in’, Umbr. heriest ‘will wish’, Lat. horior.)
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