I intr. :
      1 être vide : ἀνδρῶν, OD. 9, 124, d’hommes, en parl. d’une î. ; τινός, THGN. 956 Bgk, de qqe ch. ; fig. : ἐμπαθείας καὶ χάριτος, SYN. Ep. 139, manquer de pathétique et de grâce ;
      2 être veuf, PLUT. Cato ma. 24 ; ou veuve, IS. 61, 22 ; DÉM. 867, 4 ; 873, 11 ;
      3 être solitaire, vivre dans la solitude, en parl. d’un exilé, SOPH. O.R. 479 ;
   II tr. rendre veuf ou veuve, EUR. Cycl. 440.

➳ Impf. 3 sg. poét. χήρευεν, A. PL. 270, 3.

Étym. χῆρος.

intr., to be without, lack, c. gen., νῆσος ἀνδρῶν χ. Od. 9.124, cf. Plu. Pomp. 28, Ael. NA 4.59; γῆ χ. τῶν ἐκπονούντων Alciphr. 3.25; ὁλκὰς τῶν ἐμπλεόντων χηρεύουσα Hld. 1.1; τῶν τῆς Ἀφροδίτης ὀργίων χ. Ach.Tat. 4.1; οὐδέποτε χ. τῶν ὄντων τινὸς ὁ κόσμος Herm. ap. Stob. 1.41.6; χ. ἀπό τινος Steph. in Hp. 1.219 D. abs. of a woman, to be widowed, live in widowhood, Is. 6.51, D. 30.11, 33; of birds, Arist. Fr. 347; also of men, to be a widower, Plu. Cat. Ma. 24; — Med., χηρεύσῃ λέχος E. Alc. 1089.
live in solitude, of a fugitive, S. OT 479 (anap.). trans., bereave, E. Cyc. 440; πεσὼν χηρεύσει σύνοικον Aphth. Prog. 13.

1) intr., leer od. öde sein, τινός, νῆσος ἀνδρῶν χηρεύει Od. 9.124 ; bes. des Gatten od. der Eltern beraubt, verwittwet, verwaist sein, im Wittwenstande leben, Isae. 6.51. Dem. 30.11 u. sam sein, μέλεος μελέῳ ποδὶ χηρεύων Soph. O.R. 479 ; Eur. Alc. 1092.
2) trans., leer, öde machen, berauben, bes. zur Wittwe od. Waise machen, τινά τινος, Sp., wie man auch Eur. Cycl. 440 nehmen kann.

1. intransitive to be bereaved of a person or thing, with genitive, [Odyssey by Homer (8th/7th c.BC), Theognis Elegiacus (Refs 6th c.BC)]
2. absolute to be bereaved of a husband, to be widowed, live in widowhood , [Demosthenes Orator (Refs 4th c.BC)], etc.;—;of a man, to be a widower , [Plutarch (1st/2nd c.AD)]; so, χηρεύσει λέχος [Euripides (Refs 5th c.BC)]
3. to live in solitude , of an exile, [Sophocles Tragicus (Refs 5th c.BC)]
4. transitive to bereave , [Euripides (Refs 5th c.BC)] (ML)