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ἀσπάζομαι , Ep. aor.
A.“ἀσπάσσατο” Epigr.Gr.990.9:—welcome kindly, greet, “τινά” Hom., etc.: freq. c. dat. modi, “δεξιῇ ἠσπάζοντο ἔπεσσί τε μειλιχίοισι” Il.10.542; “χερσίν” Od.3.35, al.; “ἁδυπνόῳ φωνᾷ” Pi.I.2.25; μεγάλως ἠσπάζοντο αὐτόν received him with great joy, Hdt.1.122, cf. 3.1; “παρὰ τὴν πόσιν φιλοφρόνως ἀ.” Id.2.121.“δ᾽; εὖ νιν ἀσπάσασθε” A. Ag.524: freq. with no modal word, S.OT596, etc.; esp. as the common form on meeting, “Στρεψιάδην ἀσπάζομαι” Ar.Nu.1145, cf. Pl. 1042 (v. Sch.), Pl.Euthd.273c; “αὐτὸν ἠσπάζοντο καὶ ἐδεξιοῦνθ᾽” Ar.Pl. 752; πόρρωθεν ἀ. salute from a distance, Pl.Chrm.153b; πρόσωθεν αὐτὴν ἁγνὸς ὢν ἀ. I salute her at a respectful distance, i. e. keep away from her, E.Hipp.102, cf. Pl.R.499a; ἀ. ταῖς κώπαις, of the saluting of ships, Plu.Ant.76; ἀ. τινὰ βασιλέα to hail or salute as king, D.H. 4.39: metaph., ἀ. συμφοράν to bid the event welcome, E.Ion587.
b. take leave of, Id.Tr.1276; τὰ ὕστατα ἀ. take a last farewell, Lys.13.39.
c. as a formula in closing letters, Ep.Rom.16.22,23, BGU 1079.33 (i A. D.), etc.
2. from the modes of salutation in use, kiss, embrace, Ar.V.607; “ἀ. τοῖς στόμασι” Plu.Rom.1; of dogs, fawn, X. Mem.2.3.9, Pl.R.376a; cling fondly to, “ἴσον σ᾽ ὡς τεκοῦσ᾽ ἀσπάζομαι” E.Ion1363, cf. X.Cyr.1.3.2; “ἐγὼ ὑμᾶς ἀ. καὶ φιλῶ” Pl.Ap.29d: metaph., “φιλεῖν καὶ ἀ. τὸ ἄδικον” Id.Lg.689a.
3. of things, follow eagerly, cleave to, ἀ. τὸ ὅμοιον, οἶνον, Id.Smp.192a, R.475a, cf. S.E. M.11.44; of dogs, “ἀ. τὰ ἴχνη” X.Cyn.3.7.
4. ἀ. ὅτι . . to be glad that . . , Ar.Pl.324.
5. c. inf., to be ready to . . , “εὐωχεῖσθαι” Philostr. VA2.7, cf. 31, VS2.25.4. (Act. ἀσπάζω in letters (cf. I. C), POxy. 1158.18 (iii A. D.), al., cf. ἀσπάζομαι: ἀσπάζω, Hsch.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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