Meaning of chaere | Babel Free

Definitions

hail!, hello!

poetic, rare

Examples

“Graecum te, Albuci, quam Romanum atque Sabinum, maluisti dici. Graece ergo praetor Athenis, id quod maluisti, te, cum ad me accedis, saluto: chaere, inquam, Tite! lictores, turma omnis chorusque: chaere Tite. Hinc hostis mi Albucius, hinc inimicus.”

You'd rather be called a Greek, Albucius, than a Roman and a Sabine. So, as a praetor in Athens (just what you wanted), When you approach me, I greet you as you wish: "Hello, Titus!" I say in Greek. The lictors, troops, and the whole entourage echo: "Hello, Titus!", and from this point on, Albucius is my enemy, my foe.

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