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χαρά̄

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: χαρά̄ χαρᾶς

Structure: χαρ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: xai/rw

Sense

  1. joy, exultation

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative χαρά̄ χαρᾱ́ χαραί
Genitive χαρᾶς χαραῖν χαρῶν
Dative χαρᾷ χαραῖν χαραῖς
Accusative χαρᾱ́ν χαρᾱ́ χαρᾱ́ς
Vocative χαρᾱ́ χαρᾱ́ χαραί

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "ὅτι μὲν οὖν καὶ πρὸσ τὰσ τοῦ σώματοσ ἡδονὰσ ἡ φύσισ δεῖται χορηγίασ πολυτελοῦσ καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν μάζῃ καὶ φακῇ τὸ ἣδιστον, ἀλλ’ ὄψα καὶ Θάσια καὶ μύρα καὶ πεπτὰ καὶ κροτητὰ τῆσ ξουθοπτέρου πελάνῳ μελίσσησ ἀφθόνωσ δεδευμένα ζητοῦσιν αἱ τῶν ἀπολαυστικῶν ὀρέξεισ, καὶ πρόσ γε τούτοισ εὐπρεπεῖσ καὶ νέασ γυναῖκασ οἱαῖ Λεόντιον καὶ Βοίδιον καὶ Ἡδεῖα καὶ Νικίδιον ἐνέμοντο περὶ τὸν κῆπον, ἀφῶμεν, ταῖσ μέντοι τῆσ ψυχῆσ χαραῖσ ὁμολογουμένωσ μέγεθοσ ὑποκεῖσθαι δεῖ πράξεων καὶ κάλλοσ ἔργων ἀξιολόγων, εἰ μέλλουσι μὴ διάκενοι μηδ’ ἀγεννεῖσ καὶ κορασιώδεισ ἀλλ’ ἐμβριθεῖσ ἔσεσθαι καὶ βέβαιοι καὶ μεγαλοπρεπεῖσ; (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 161)

Synonyms

  1. joy

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