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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

  • καὶ ὅσοι τὴν γῆν ἐργάζονται, Δήμητρι καὶ τῇ παιδὶ αὐτῆσ καὶ Διονύσῳ, οἱ δὲ ἀμφὶ τὰσ τέχνασ πονούμενοι Ἀθηνᾷ καὶ Ἡφαίστῳ, καὶ οἱ ἀμφὶ παίδευσιν Μούσαισ καὶ Ἀπόλλωνι Μουσηγέτῃ καὶ Μνημοσύνῃ καὶ Ἑρμῇ, οἱ δὲ ἀμφὶ τὰ ἐρωτικὰ Ἀφροδίτῃ καὶ Ἔρωτι καὶ Πειθοῖ καὶ Χάρισιν. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 35 2:2)
  • οὐ μόνον δὲ τοὺσ ἀνθρώπουσ αὐτοὺσ θεοῖσ ἀπεικάζει, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν ^ Εὐφόρβου κόμην ταῖσ Χάρισιν ἀπείκασε, καὶ ταῦτα αἵματι δεδευμένην. (Lucian, Pro imaginibus, (no name) 26:1)
  • εὔχεσθε τοῖν Θεσμοφόροιν τῇ Δήμητρι καὶ τῇ Κόρῃ καὶ τῷ Πλούτῳ καὶ τῇ Καλλιγενείᾳ καὶ τῇ Κουροτρόφῳ τῇ Γῇ καὶ τῷ Ἑρμῇ καὶ Χάρισιν ἐκκλησίαν τήνδε καὶ σύνοδον τὴν νῦν κάλλιστα καὶ ἄριστα ποιῆσαι, πολυωφελῶσ μὲν πόλει τῇ Ἀθηναίων τυχηρῶσ δ’ ἡμῖν αὐταῖσ. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Parodos, prologue2)
  • Ἑρμῇ Χάρισιν Ὥραισιν Ἀφροδίτῃ Πόθῳ. (Aristophanes, Peace, Choral, iambics14)
  • 0ὐδὲ γὰρ οὐδὲ ὁμοίωσ ἡδὺ, οἶμαι, μόνον ἐμπίπλασθαι, ὥσπερ τοὺσ λέοντάσ φασι καὶ τοὺσ μονιοὺσ τῶν λύκων, καὶ συνόντασ δεξιοῖσ ἀνδράσι καὶ πάντα χαρίζεσθαι πειρωμενοισ, οἳ πρῶτα μὲν οὐ κωφὸν καὶ ἄφωνον ἐάσουσι τὸ συμπόσιον εἶναι, ἀλλ̓ ἐν μύθοισ συμποτικοῖσ καὶ σκώμμασιν ἀνεπαχθέσι καὶ φιλοφροσύναισ ποικίλαισ συνέσονται, οἱαῖ ἥδισται διατριβαί, φίλαι μὲν Διονύσῳ καὶ Ἀφροδίτῃ, φίλαι δὲ Χάρισιν, ἔπειτα δὲ πρὸσ ἅπαντασ ἐσ τὴν ὑστεραίαν διηγούμενοι ὑμῶν τὴν δεξιότητα φιλεῖσθαι παρασκευάσουσι. (Lucian, Saturnalia, letter 3 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. beauty

  2. A favourable disposition towards someone

  3. gratitude

  4. influence

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