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χ151ΧαύνωσινmystificationThat is, a refutation of lawsuits. "How would this man ever learn evasion of a lawsuit, or a summons, or persuasive mystification?" 'Summons': that is, testimony; 'mystification' [is] a refutation of lawsuits; 'persuasive' [is] …highshort
χ152Χαυῶναςchauones[Meaning] barley loaves mixed with olive-oil; or roasted vegetables.highshort
χ153Χαιόςcrook[Meaning] a staff.highshort
χ154ΧαιρέαςChaireas, ChaereasA proper name.highshort
χ155Χαιρέκακοςone who rejoices in [another's] misfortune[no gloss]highshort
χ156Χαίρεινlet him say goodbye to talking rubbish[Meaning] let him blush at talking nonsense. Also [sc. attested is] "to rejoice", [meaning] to moan, to groan.highshort
χ157Χαῖρε φίλον φῶςfarewell dear lightWhen a woman wants to misbehave and puts out the lamp, this, they say, is what she says. But others [specify] a bad woman, others an old one.highshort
χ158ΧαιρεφῶνChairephon, ChaerephonAthenian, from the deme Sphettos, philosopher, disciple of Socrates.highshort
χ159ΧαιρεφῶνChairephon, ChaerephonChairephon [was] one of the closest acquaintances of Socrates. None of his writings seem to be preserved. For he appears to have been very rude to and hated by his brother. And Xenophon says …highshort
χ160ΧαιρεφῶνChairephon, Chairephon[A name] applied to pale and withered men. And [there is] a saying: 'you will differ in no way from Chairephon'. Inasmuch as he has been immersed in wisdom. Hence he was also called …highshort
χ161Χαίρειν[to bid] farewell[Meaning] to bewail, to groan.highshort
χ162Χαίρεινcheers, hail, take joyThis is a greeting of those who are leaving or even arriving; it is placed at the beginning of letters. "Cheers", a salutation. Some consider it to be placed late in letters; in this …highmedium
χ163Χαίρεινto say 'hello'Just like birds, [which] learn these things from men. Birds exclaim "hello!" and "good luck!" and "[May] Zeus [be] sweet!" and these sorts of things, neither knowing what they are saying nor being well-disposed …highshort
χ164ΧαίρεινgreetingsTo add 'greetings' to letters [was] the ancient way. Some say that Kleon was the first to do this, but they are wrong.highshort
χ165Χαίρειν εὖ πράττειν πολλὰ φρονεῖνgreetings, do/fare well, be high-minded (?)Words of address. But some [define] xai/rein [as] to bewail, to groan.highshort
χ166ΧαίρεινgreetingsKleon headed [his letters] thus, but Plato [preferred] 'do/fare well', and Epicurus 'live well'.highshort
χ167Χαίρειν εἰπώνsaying 'farewell'Meaning [one who is] leaving behind. "But he came along another road, saying 'farewell' to Missianê."highshort
χ168Χαίρειν ἤν τε βούλησθ' ἤν τε μήto rejoice -- whether you want to or notMeaning in any case. Aristophanes in Wealth [sc. says this]. "[They] saying farewell" [means] [they] departing and dismissing. Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "to say 'hail' to you, o fellow citizens, [is] an old and …highshort
χ169Χαιρηδόνοςof joyfulnessOf joy. Accented like a)lghdo/nos ["of painfulness"]; for as from a)lgw= ["I am in pain"], future a)lgh/sw ["I will be in pain"] [comes] a)lghdw/n, [genitive] a)lghdo/nos ["painfulness"], so from xairh/sw ["I will rejoice"] [comes] …highshort
χ170ΧαιρήμωνChairemon, ChaeremonA comic poet. His plays are as follows: Wounded Man, as Athenaeus says, and Oineus and Alphesiboia and Centaur and Dionysos and Odysseus and Thyestes and Minyai. [There is] also another [sc. Chairemon], who …highshort
χ171ΧαιριδεῖςChairideis[Meaning those] educated from [= by] Chairis. Or practising [sc. with him]. Chairis [was] an uncultured Theban piper. So Attic [writers] say Chairideis from Chairis and peristerideis from peristera\ ['dove']. This man used to …highmedium
χ172ΧαῖριςChairis, Chaeris, KhairisA kithara-player. Pherecrates, too, mentions him in Savages: "'tell me, who was the worst kithara-player?' 'Peisoumeles was after Meles... Sit still. I know. It was Chairis.'" And [there was] another [Chairis] whom Cratinus mentions …highshort
χ173ΧαίρομαιI am rejoiced"Datis the Persian, who engaged in the practice of Hellenizing, said 'I am rejoiced' [xai/romai] instead of saying 'I rejoice' [xai/rw]. And [that sort of thing] is a Datism."highshort
χ174ΧαίρωI delight, I rejoice[Used] with a dative. The [verb that means] I am glad. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "I rejoice in your coming." Oropicans speak this way. Euripides in Sisyphus [writes]: "I rejoice that you, …highshort
χ175ΧαίρωνChairon, ChaeronA Spartan, who went on an embassy to Rome; a man both intelligent and practical, but young and of humble origins with a commonplace level of education. This man, pandering to the mob and …highmedium
χ176ΧαιρώνειαChaironeia, Chaeronea, KhaironeiaA city; also [sc. attested is] Chaironeiates, the citizen [of it]; and Chaironeus, [genitive] Chaironeos.highshort
χ177ΧαιρωνικόνChaironic, Chaeronic[no gloss]highshort
χ178ΧαίρωνοςChairon's, Chaeron's, of Chairon, of ChaeronA proper name.highshort
χ179Χαῖταιtresses[Meaning] hair, locks.highshort
χ180Χαιτήεις ἵπποςflowing-maned horse[Meaning] one growing its mane.highshort