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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

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

  • α καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ. εἶδόν σε, κύριε, ὡσ ἄγγελον Θεοῦ, καὶ ἐταράχθη ἡ καρδία μου ἀπὸ φόβου τῆσ δόξησ σου, ὅτι θαυμαστὸσ εἶ, κύριε, καὶ τὸ πρόσωπόν σου χαρίτων μεστόν. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 5:9)
  • στέφανον γὰρ χαρίτων δέξῃ σῇ κορυφῇ καὶ κλοιὸν χρύσεον περὶ σῷ τραχήλῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 1:9)
  • ἵνα δῷ τῇ σῇ κεφαλῇ στέφανον χαρίτων, στεφάνῳ δὲ τρυφῆσ ὑπερασπίσῃ σου. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 4:8)
  • ἔλαφοσ φιλίασ καὶ πῶλοσ σῶν χαρίτων ὁμιλείτω σοι. ἡ δὲ ἰδία ἡγείσθω σου καὶ συνέστω σοι ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ, ἐν γὰρ τῇ ταύτησ φιλίᾳ συμπεριφερόμενοσ πολλοστὸσ ἔσῃ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 5:19)
  • μισθὸσ χαρίτων ἡ παιδεία τοῖσ χρωμένοισ, οὗ δ̓ ἂν ἐπιστρέψῃ εὐοδωθήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 17:9)

Synonyms

  1. beauty

  2. A favourable disposition towards someone

  3. gratitude

  4. influence

Related

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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