The corpus record

καταχαίρω

katachairo

exult over

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Where it lives

Proverbia 1 · 0.9/10k
Histories 2 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

καταχαίρω · katachairō — LSJ

exult over, with malicious joy

exult over, ἐόντι αἰχμαλώτῳ . . κ. Hdt. 1.129; εἴτε εὐνοίῃ . . , εἴτε καὶ καταχαίρων with malicious joy, Id. 7.239.

II rejoice much

rejoice much, Alciphr. 2.4, IG 14.2410.11, Supp.Epigr. 2.844 (Syria).

In the wild

κατέχαιρέ · katechaire Herodotus, Histories 1.129.1 (DIORISIS sentence 948)
καταχαίρων · katachairōn Herodotus, Histories 7.239.2 (DIORISIS sentence 8451)
καταχαροῦμαι · katacharoumai Septuaginta, Proverbia 1 (DIORISIS sentence 10)

Where it came from

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