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.
- χάριτοσ ἀμνησία, ψυχῶν μιασμόσ, γενέσεωσ ἐναλλαγή, γάμων ἀταξία, μοιχεία καὶ ἀσέλγεια. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 14:26)
- ἐγὼ ὡσ τερέμινθοσ ἐξέτεινα κλάδουσ μου, καὶ οἱ κλάδοι μου κλάδοι δόξησ καὶ χάριτοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 24:16)
- τίσ εἶ σύ, τό ὄροσ τὸ μέγα, τὸ πρὸ προσώπου Ζαροβάβελ τοῦ κατορθῶσαι̣ καὶ ἐξοίσω τὸν λίθον τῆσ κληρονομίασ ἰσότητα χάριτοσ χάριτα αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Zachariae 4:7)
- καὶ ἐκχεῶ ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον Δαυὶδ καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺσ κατοικοῦντασ Ἱερουσαλὴμ πνεῦμα χάριτοσ καὶ οἰκτιρμοῦ, καὶ ἐπιβλέψονται πρόσ με ἀνθ̓ ὧν κατωρχήσαντο καὶ κόψονται ἐπ̓ αὐτὸν κοπετόν, ὡσ ἐπ̓ ἀγαπητῷ, καὶ ὀδυνηθήσονται ὀδύνην ὡσ ἐπὶ τῷ πρωτοτόκῳ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Zachariae 12:10)
- δικαιώματα μὲν οὖν τάδε πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ ἔχομεν, παραίνεσιν δὲ καὶ ἀξίωσιν χάριτοσ τοιάνδε. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Thucydidis idiomatibus (epistula ad Ammaeum), chapter 53)
Synonyms
-
beauty
-
A favourable disposition towards someone
- χάρισμα (A favourable disposition towards: grace, favor)
-
gratitude
-
influence
