Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

χαριστήριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χαριστήριος χαριστήριον

Structure: χαριστηρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of or for thanksgiving
  2. a thank-offering, thank-offerings

Examples

  • κακώσεωσ μὲν γὰρ γονέων εἰσὶ νόμοι παρὰ ταῖσ πόλεσι, κοινὴν δὲ προσήκει πάντων μητέρα τὴν πατρίδα νομίζειν καὶ χαριστήρια τροφῶν ἀποδιδόναι καὶ τῆσ τῶν νόμων αὐτῶν γνώσεωσ. (Lucian, Patriae Encomium, (no name) 7:5)
  • ἀλλὰ καὶ ὅσοι ναυτίλλονταιἀπὸ θεῶν ἄρχονται, ὅσοισ γε τοῦ σῴζεσθαι μέλει, καὶ ἀνασωθέντεσ χαριστήρια θύουσιν τοῖσ θεοῖσ τοῖσ θαλασσίοισ, Ποσειδῶνι καὶ Ἀμφιτρίτῃ καὶ Νηρηίσιν. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 35 2:1)
  • τούτοισ χρὴ πειθομένουσ, καθάπερ ἐπ̓ ἄλλῳ τῳ ἔργῳ, οὕτω δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ θήρᾳ ἄρχεσθαί τε ἀπὸ θεῶν καὶ χαριστήρια θύειν εὖ πράξαντασ καὶ σπένδειν καὶ εὐφημεῖν καὶ στεφανοῦν καὶ ὑμνεῖν καὶ ἀπαρχὰσ τῶν ἁλισκομένων ἀνατιθέναι, οὐ μεῖον ἣ ἐπὶ νίκῃ πολέμου ἀκροθίνια. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 36 4:1)
  • τῇ δὲ δωδεκάτῃ χαριστήρια ἔθυον ἐλευθερίασ· (Plutarch, De gloria Atheniensium, section 7 4:1)
  • τῇ δὲ δωδεκάτῃ χαριστήρια ἔθυον ἐλευθερίασ· (Plutarch, De gloria Atheniensium, section 7 12:2)

Synonyms

  1. a thank-offering

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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