welcome

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

greet: P. and V. ἀσπάζεσθαι, δεξιοῦσθαι, P. φιλοφρονεῖσθαι (Plato); see greet.

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

accept: see accept.

treat hospitably: P. and V. δέχομαι, δέχεσθαι, προσδέχεσθαι, ξενίζειν, ξενοδοκεῖν (Plato) (absol.), Ar. and P. ὑποδέχεσθαι, V. ξενοῦσθαι.

welcome back: P. καταδέχεσθαι.

welcome (things), receive gladly: P. and V. ἀσπάζεσθαι.

interjection

P. and V. χαῖρε.

substantive

reception: P. and V. ὑποδοχή, ἡ, V. προσδέγματα, τά.

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

good-will: P. and V. εὔνοια, ἡ, P. φιλοφροσύνη, ἡ (Plato).

adjective

acceptable: P. and V. ἡδύς, ἀρεστός, V. φίλος; see acceptable.

longed for: P. and V. ποθεινός.

welcome to me came the renowned son of Zeus and Alcmena: 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: P. θαυμάζω… εἰ μὴ ἀσμένοις ὑμῖν ἀφῖγμαι (Thuc. 4, 85).

Translations

Armenian: ցանկալի, հաճելի, սպասված; Asturian: bienveníu; Basque: ongi etorri; Bengali: এস্তেকবাল; Bulgarian: желан, добре дошъл; Catalan: benvingut; Corsican: benvenutu,benvenuta; Czech: vítaný; Danish: velkommen, kærkommen; Dutch: welkom, welkome, graag gezien; Esperanto: bonvena; Finnish: tervetullut; French: bienvenu; Galician: benvido, benvindo; German: willkommen; Greek: ευπρόσδεκτος; Ancient Greek: ἀσπαστός; Hebrew: ברוך הבא‎; Hungarian: szívesen látott, kellemes; Icelandic: velkominn; Indonesian: selamat datang; Interlingua: benvenite; Italian: benvenuto; Japanese: 歓迎すべき; Korean: 환영; Kwak'wala: ǥilakas'la; Latin: volens, acceptus, amicus; Macedonian: добредојден; Maltese: merħba; Norman: byinvenûn, beinv'nu; Norwegian Bokmål: kjærkommen, velkommen; Nynorsk: kjærkommen, kjærkomen, velkomen, velkommen; Occitan: benvengut; Polish: mile widziany; Portuguese: bem-vindo; Romanian: binevenit; Russian: желанный; Scots: walcum; Serbo-Croatian: željan, željna, željni, željno, poželjan, poželjna, poželjni, poželjno; Slovene: dobrodošel, dobrodošla; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: witany; Spanish: bienvenido, agradable; Swedish: välkommen; Tagalog: mabuhay; Thai: ยินดีต้อนรับ; Tigrinya: እንቋዕ ብደሐን መጻእካ, እንቋዕ ብደሐን መጻእኪ, እንቋዕ ብደሓን መጻእኩም, እንቋዕ ብደሓን መጻእክን; Turkish: hoş geldiniz, hoş geldin sg; Vietnamese: được hoan nghênh; Volapük: vekömik, benokömö; Welsh: i'w groesawu, i 'w chroesawu, i 'w croesawu; West Frisian: wolkom