ἀσπάζομαι,
Epic dialect aorist ἀσπάσσατο[[ “epigram Gr.” 990.9] Refs]:—welcome kindly, greet, τινά[[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.: frequently with _dative_ modi, δεξιῇ ἠσπάζοντο ἔπεσσί τε μειλιχίοισι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.542; χερσίν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.35, +others; ἁδυπνόῳ φωνᾷ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 2.25] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μεγάλως ἠσπάζοντο αὐτόν received him with great joy, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.122, compare 3.1; παρὰ τὴν πόσιν φιλοφρόνως ἀ. [prev. author] 2.121. δ; εὖ νιν ἀσπάσασθε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 524] Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently with no modal word, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 596, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially as the common form on meeting, Στρεψιάδην ἀσπάζομαι[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1145, compare “Pl.” 1042 (see. Scholia), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 273c; αὐτὸν ἠσπάζοντο καὶ ἐδεξιοῦνθ᾽ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 752] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πόρρωθεν ἀ. salute from a distance, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 153b] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρόσωθεν αὐτὴν ἁγνὸς ὢν ἀ. I salute her at a respectful distance, i. e. keep away from her, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 102, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 499a] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ταῖς κώπαις, of the saluting of ships, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 76] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἀ. τινὰ βασιλέα to hail or salute as king, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.39: _metaphorically_, ἀ. συμφοράν] Refs 1st c.BC+] to bid the event welcome, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 587. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__b take leave of, [[ [prev. author] “Tr.” 1276] Refs]; τὰ ὕστατα ἀ. take a last farewell, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.39. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]