χάρις

See also Χάρις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαίρω "I am happy"

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /kʰáris/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /kʰáris/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /xáris/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /xáris/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /xáɾis/

Noun

χάρις (genitive χάριτος) f, third declension; (kharis)

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

Inflection

Third declension of χάρῐς, χάρῐτος

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χάρῐς	τὼ χάρῐτε	αἱ χάρῐτες
Genitive	τῆς χάρῐτος	τοῖν χᾰρίτοιν	τῶν χᾰρίτων
Dative	τῇ χάρῐτῐ	τοῖν χᾰρίτοιν	ταῖς χάρῐσῐ(ν)
Accusative	τὴν χάριν	τὼ χάρῐτε	τὰς χάρῐτᾰς
Vocative	χάρῐ	χάρῐτε	χάρῐτες

Usage notes

The irregular accusative singular χάριν is far more common, but χάριτα is used in later works. There is also an alternate dative plural: χαρίτεσσι.

Derived terms

• Χάρις

References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Strong’s concordance number: G5485