chaere

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek χαῖρε (khaîre). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʰae̯.rɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɛː.re] === Interjection === chaere (rare, poetic) hail!, hello! ==== Usage notes ==== Found mostly in poetry, where it is rarely used. Forms that would correspond to the plural χαίρετε (khaírete) as well as the dual χαίρετον (khaíreton) are not attested in Classical Latin, but as all attestations of chaere are contextually singular, there is no evidence that Latin chaere could be used where Ancient Greek χαῖρε (khaîre) would have been inappropriate in number. === References === “chaere”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "chaere", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “chaere”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Warmington, E. H. (1938), Remains of Old Latin (Loeb Classical Library; 329), volume vol. III: Lucilius, The Twelve Tables, Harvard University Press, page 30; revised and reprinted 1967, →ISBN == Middle English == === Noun === chaere (Berkshire, Gloucestershire) alternative form of chayere