Χαίρομαι

I am rejoiced

Translated by Jennifer Benedict18 Mar 2008Vetting: high5 revisions

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"Datis the Persian, who engaged in the practice of Hellenizing, said 'I am rejoiced' [xai/romai] instead of saying 'I rejoice' [xai/rw].¹ And [that sort of thing] is a Datism."²

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Χαίρομαι· ὅτι Δάτις ὁ Πέρσης ἐπιτηδευόμενος ἑλληνίζειν, ἀντὶ τοῦ εἰπεῖν χαίρω χαίρομαι εἶπε. καί ἐστι Δατισμός.

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*xai/romai: o(/ti *da/tis o( *pe/rshs e)pithdeuo/menos e(llhni/zein, a)nti\ tou= ei)pei=n xai/rw xai/romai ei)=pe. kai/ e)sti *datismo/s.

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