ἐπιχαίρω,
rejoice over, exult over, mostly of malignant joy, with dative of things, κακοῖς τοῖς τοῦδε [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 961; ἀτυχίαις τῶν πέλας 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 673, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1379b17: with _dative_ _person_, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.134; τινὶ τεθνηκότι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Eumenes” 2; ἐπί τινι 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Morte - Papiri Ercolanesi” 20: _absolutely_, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1015 (_anapaest meter_), 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.61 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: also in aorist I middle, ἐπεχήρατο [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.55 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Morte - Papiri Ercolanesi” 20. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__2 rarely in good sense, ἐπιχαρῆναι (aorist 2 passive) rejoice in another's joy, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 314 (Lyric poetry): with _accusative_, σὲ μὲν εὖ πράσσοντ᾽ ἐπιχαίρω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 136 (_anapaest meter_). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 take pleasure in, with dative, [[ 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 6.14. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]