χάρις
Third declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
χάρις
χάριτος
Structure:
χαριτ
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- beauty, elegance, charm, grace
- A favourable disposition towards someone: grace, favor, goodwill
- A voluntary act of goodwill
- gratitude, thanks
- influence (opposite force)
- gratification, delight
Declension
Third declension
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.
- ἀλλὰ ἐποίησεν ἡμᾶσ ἐν χάριτι ἐνώπιον τῶν βασιλέων Περσῶν δοῦναι ἡμῖν τροφὴν (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 8:77)
- ὅτι οὐ τῇ ἐμαυτοῦ χάριτι, ἀλλὰ τῇ θελήσει τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἦλθον, ὅθεν εὐλογεῖτε αὐτὸν εἰσ τὸν αἰῶνα. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 12:18)
- χάρισ ἐπὶ χάριτι γυνὴ αἰσχυντηρά, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι σταθμὸσ πᾶσ ἄξιοσ ἐγκρατοῦσ ψυχῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 26:15)
- οὐ γὰρ ἐν τῇ τοῦ λέγοντοσ χάριτι δεῖ συνεκπίπτειν τὴν τῆσ πατρίδοσ σωτηρίαν. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 8:3)
- ἣ μὲν γὰρ ἀφελήσ τε καὶ ἠθικὴ μᾶλλόν ἐστι σύγκειταί τε φυσικώτερον καὶ ἐσχημάτισται ἁπλούστερον ἡδονῇ τε καὶ χάριτι πολλῇ κεχορήγηται. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 33)
Synonyms
-
beauty
-
A favourable disposition towards someone
- χάρισμα (A favourable disposition towards: grace, favor)
-
gratitude
-
influence