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|Definition=ἡ: ([[χαίρω]]):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[joy]], [[delight]], first in Sapph.''Supp.''1.6, then in Trag. and (less freq.) in Com. and Prose: c. gen., <b class="b3">στόματος ἐν πρώτῃ χ.</b>, of a hungry man, A.''Fr.''258; c. gen. objecti, [[joy in]] or [[at]] a thing, μελέων [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Alcestis|Alc.]]''579 (lyr.); <b class="b3">πρὸς χαρὰν λόγων</b> in accordance with [[joyous]] tidings, S.''Tr.''179 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[χάριν]]) <b class="b3">; κέρτομος θεοῦ χ.</b> a [[joy]] sent by some mocking god, [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Alcestis|Alc.]]''1125; ἅμα χαρᾷ δακρυούσας X. ''HG''7.2.9; χ. ἐπί τινι Pl.''Def.''413e; ἔδωκας ἡμῖν χ. S.''Tr.''201; ἐλάβομεν χ. [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Ion]]''1449 (lyr.); ἐμπλῆσαί τινα χαρᾶς Id.''Ph.''170; χαρά μ' ὑφέρπει A.''Ag.''270; <b class="b3">λέγεις μοι χαράν</b> wishest me [[joy]], Ar.''Pl.''637 (lyr.); χ. ἐνεργάσασθαι Gorg.''Hel.''8; χαίρειν ἀνδραπόδων τινὰ χαράν Plu.2.1091e, cf. ''Ev.Matt.''2.10; ἡδονὴ καὶ τέρψις καὶ χ. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Philebus|Phlb.]]'' 19; ἀπορέουσι.. χαρᾶς Democr.293, cf. Epicur.''Fr.''2; ζήλου καὶ χαρᾶς καὶ ἐπαίνων ἡ πόλις ἦν μεστή D.18.217; εἴσελθε εἰς τήν χ. τοῦ Κυρίου σου ''Ev.Matt.''25.21: χαρᾷ [[with joy]], A.''Ag.''1630, ''Ch.''233, etc.; μετὰ χαρᾶς ''Com.Adesp.''771, X.''Hier.''1.25, [[LXX]] ''1 Ch.''29.22, al.; μετὰ μεγάλης χ. Plb.21.34.12 ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]); μετὰ πολλῆς χ. ''BGU''1141.3 (i B. C.), cf. 1768.7 (i B. C.); χαρᾶς ὕπο A.''Ag.''541; ὑπὸ χ. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cynegeticus|Cyn.]]''6.15; σὺν χαρᾷ S.''El.''934, etc.; opp. [[λύπη]], Sor.1.46, al.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in concrete sense, a [[joy]], of persons, χ. μου ''Ep.Phil.''4.1, cf. ''1 Ep.Thess.''2.20.