The corpus record

ἱλᾰρός

ilaros

cheerful, merry

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Where it lives

Apology 1 · 5/10k
Agesilaus 2 · 2.72/10k
2 Corinthians 1 · 2.23/10k
Machabaeourum III 1 · 1.99/10k
Esther 1 · 1.81/10k
Proverbia 2 · 1.8/10k
Siracides 2 · 1.08/10k
Symposium 1 · 1.05/10k
Job 1 · 0.75/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

ἱλᾰρός · hilaros — LSJ

cheerful, merry, gracious, more cheerful

cheerful, merry, φέγγος Ar. Ra. 456 (lyr.); ἱλαροὶ ἀντὶ σκυθρωπῶν X. Mem. 2.7.12; ἱλαρὸς ἴσθι Thphr. Char. 17.9, ἱλαρὸν βλέψαι AP 12.159 (Mel.), cf. Phld. Mus. p.85 K., Philostr. Im. 1.16; ἱ. δότης 2 Ep.Cor. 9.7, cf. LXX Pr. 22.8: in later Greek, = ἵλεως, gracious, PMag.Leid.W. 14.12, etc.: τὸ ἱ.,= ἱλαρότης, Plu. Sull. 34, Heraclid.Pont. ap. Ath. 14.624d; -ωτέρα ἀγγελία more cheerful news, Jahresh. 23 Beibl. 283 (Ephesus). Adv. -ρῶς X. Ap. 33, LXX Jb. 22.26, Phld. Mus. l.c., Plu. Ages. 2.

II quick-pulsing

of blood, quick-pulsing, Philostr. Gym. 48 (Comp.).

III bright

of imitation gold, bright, PLeid.X. 17 (iii/ iv A.D.). Adv. ἱλαρῶς (leg. ἱλαρῷ) ib. 87.

In the wild

Ἱλαρᾷ · Hilarai Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.4 (DIORISIS sentence 4441)
ἱλαρὸν · hilaron New Testament, 2 Corinthians 9.7 (DIORISIS sentence 156)
ἱλαρὸν · hilaron Septuaginta, Esther 5
ἱλαρῶς · hilarōs Septuaginta, Job 22
ἱλαραῖς · hilarais Septuaginta, Machabaeourum III 6
ἱλαρὸν · hilaron Septuaginta, Proverbia 19 (DIORISIS sentence 409)

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