chaere

From Ancient Greek χαῖρε (khaîre).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰae̯.re/, [ˈkʰae̯.rɛ]

chaere

1. hail!, hello!

• Found mostly in poetry, where it is rarely used.
• Forms that would correspond to the plural χαίρετε (khaírete) as well as the dual χαίρετον (khaíreton) are not attested in Classical Latin, but as all attestations of chaere are contextually singular, there is no evidence that Latin chaere could be used where Greek χαῖρε (khaîre) would have been inappropriate in number.

• chaere in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• chaere in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• chaere in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

chaere

1. Alternative form of chayer