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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

  • ὡραῖοσ κάλλει παρὰ τοὺσ υἱοὺσ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἐξεχύθη χάρισ ἐν χείλεσί σου. διὰ τοῦτο εὐλόγησέ σε ὁ Θεὸσ εἰσ τὸν αἰῶνα. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 44:3)
  • ἵνα ζήσῃ ἡ ψυχή σου, καὶ χάρισ ᾖ περὶ σῷ τραχήλῳ. ἔσται δὲ ἴασισ ταῖσ σαρξί σου καὶ ἐπιμέλεια τοῖσ σοῖσ ὀστέοισ, (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 3:22)
  • ΑΙΡΕΤΩΤΕΡΟΝ ὄνομα καλὸν ἢ πλοῦτοσ πολύσ, ὑπὲρ δὲ ἀργύριον καὶ χρυσίον χάρισ ἀγαθή, (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 22:1)
  • α χάρισ καὶ φιλία ἐλευθεροῖ, ἃσ τήρησον σεαυτῷ, ἵνα μὴ ἐπονείδιστοσ γένῃ, ἀλλὰ φύλαξον τὰσ ὁδούσ σου εὐσυναλλάκτωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 25:11)
  • α ἔστιν αἰσχύνη ἐπάγουσα ἁμαρτίαν, καί ἐστιν αἰσχύνη δόξα καὶ χάρισ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 26:12)

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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