χηρεύω
Θέλομεν καλῶς ζῆν πάντες, ἀλλ' οὐ δυνάμεθα → Bene vivere omnes volumus, at non possumus → Gut leben wollen wir alle, doch wir können es nicht
English (LSJ)
intr.,
A to be without, lack, c. gen., νῆσος ἀνδρῶν χ. Od.9.124, cf. Plu. Pomp.28, Ael.NA4.59: γῆ χ. τῶν ἐκπονούντων Alciphr.3.25; ὁλκὰς τῶν ἐμπλεόντων χηρεύουσα Hld.1.1; τῶν τῆς Ἀφροδίτης ὀργίων χ. Ach. Tat.4.1; οὐδέποτε χ. τῶν ὄντων τινὸς ὁ κόσμος Herm. ap. Stob.1.41.6; χ. ἀπό τινος Steph. in Hp.1.219 D. 2 abs. of a woman, to be widowed, live in widowhood, Is.6.51, D.30.11,33; of birds, Arist. Fr.347; also of men, to be a widower, Plu.Cat.Ma.24:—Med., χηρεύσῃ λέχος E.Alc.1089. 3 live in solitude, of a fugitive, S.OT479 (anap.). II trans., bereave, E.Cyc.440; πεσὼν χηρεύσει σύνοικον Aphth.Prog.13.
