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===verb transitive===

[[greet]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀσπάζεσθαι]], [[δεξιοῦσθαι]], [[prose|P.]] [[φιλοφρονεῖσθαι]] ([[Plato]]); see [[greet]].

[[I bid the herald welcome]]: [[verse|V.]] [[χαίρω]], [[χαίρειν δὲ τὸν κήρυκα προὐννέπω]] ([[Sophocles]], ''[[Trachiniae]]'' 227).

[[accept]]: see [[accept]].

[[treat hospitably]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[δέχομαι]], [[δέχεσθαι]], [[προσδέχεσθαι]], [[ξενίζειν]], [[ξενοδοκεῖν]] ([[Plato]]) (absol.), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ὑποδέχεσθαι]], [[verse|V.]] [[ξενοῦσθαι]].

[[welcome back]]: [[prose|P.]] [[καταδέχεσθαι]].

[[welcome (things)]], [[receive gladly]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀσπάζεσθαι]].

===interjection===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[χαῖρε]].

===substantive===

[[reception]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὑποδοχή]], ἡ, [[verse|V.]] [[προσδέγματα]], τά.

[[I accept with thanks this man's welcome to his home]]: [[verse|V.]] [[αἰνῶ μὲν οὖν τοῦδ' ἀνδρὸς ἐσδοχὰς δόμων]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Electra]]'' 396).

[[good-will]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[εὔνοια]], ἡ, [[prose|P.]] [[φιλοφροσύνη]], ἡ ([[Plato]]).

===adjective===

[[acceptable]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἡδύς]], [[ἀρεστός]], [[verse|V.]] [[φίλος]]; see [[acceptable]].

[[longed for]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ποθεινός]].

[[welcome to me came the renowned son of Zeus and Alcmena]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἀσμένῃ δέ μοι ὁ κλεινὸς ἦλθε Ζηνὸς Ἀλκμήνης τε παῖς]] ([[Sophocles]], ''[[Trachiniae]]'' 18).

[[I am surprised that my arrival is not welcome to you]]: [[prose|P.]] [[θαυμάζω… εἰ μὴ ἀσμένοις ὑμῖν ἀφῖγμαι]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 4, 85).
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