to be without, lack; to be widowed, live in widowhood
Ancient Greek word, found 33 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Odyssey 9.124: ἀνδρῶν χηρεύει, βόσκει δέ τε μηκάδας αἶγας.
Euripides, Cyclops 440: χηρεύομεν. —τὸν δ’ οὐκ ἔχομεν κατ’ αὗ φαγεῖν.
Euripides, Alcestis 1089: τί δʼ; οὐ γαμεῖς γάρ, ἀλλὰ χηρεύσῃ λέχος;
All forms of χηρεύω