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χάρις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: χάρις χάριτος

Structure: χαριτ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: xai/rw

Sense

  1. beauty, elegance, charm, grace
  2. A favourable disposition towards someone: grace, favor, goodwill
  3. A voluntary act of goodwill
  4. gratitude, thanks
  5. influence (opposite force)
  6. gratification, delight

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative χάρις χάριτε χάριτες
Genitive χάριτος χαρίτοιν χαρίτων
Dative χάριτι χαρίτοιν χάρισιν*
Accusative χάριτα χάριτε χάριτας
Vocative χάρι χάριτε χάριτες

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

  • ποιουμένου δὲ τοῦ ἀρχιερέωσ τὸν ἱλασμόν, οἱ αὐτοὶ νεανίαι πάλιν ἐνεφάνησαν τῷ Ἡλιοδώρῳ ἐν ταῖσ αὐταῖσ ἐσθήσεσιν ἐστολισμένοι καὶ στάντεσ εἶπον. πολλὰσ τῷ Ὀνίᾳ τῷ ἀρχιερεῖ χάριτασ ἔχε, διὰ γὰρ αὐτόν σοι κεχάρισται τὸ ζῆν ὁ Κύριοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 3:33)
  • διακομισθεὶσ δὲ εἰσ Ἱεροσόλυμα καὶ θύσασ τῷ μεγίστῳ Θεῷ καὶ χάριτασ ἀποδιδοὺσ καὶ τῶν ἑξῆσ τι τῷ τόπῳ ποιήσασ καὶ δὴ παραγενόμενοσ εἰσ τὸν τόπον καὶ τῇ σπουδαιότητι καὶ εὐπρεπείᾳ καταπλαγείσ, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 1:9)
  • χείλη ἀνδρῶν δικαίων ἀποστάζει χάριτασ, στόμα δὲ ἀσεβῶν ἀποστρέφεται. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 10:33)
  • ὃσ εὗρε γυναῖκα ἀγαθήν, εὗρε χάριτασ, ἔλαβε δὲ παρὰ Θεοῦ ἱλαρότητα. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 18:22)
  • ὁ ἐλέγχων ἀνθρώπου ὁδοὺσ χάριτασ ἕξει μᾶλλον τοῦ γλωσσοχαριτοῦντοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 28:24)

Synonyms

  1. beauty

  2. A favourable disposition towards someone

  3. gratitude

  4. influence

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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