Χάρις

See also: χάρις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the noun χᾰ́ρῐς (khắrĭs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰá.ris/ → /ˈxa.ris/ → /ˈxa.ris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰá.ris/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰa.ris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.ris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.ris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.ris/

Proper noun

Χᾰ́ρῐς • (Khắrĭs) f (genitive Χᾰ́ρῐτος); third declension

1. one of the Charites; a Charis

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Χᾰ́ρῐς; τῆς Χᾰ́ρῐτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Χᾰ́ρῐς hē Khắrĭs	τὼ Χᾰ́ρῐτε tṑ Khắrĭte	αἱ Χᾰ́ρῐτες hai Khắrĭtes
Genitive	τῆς Χᾰ́ρῐτος tês Khắrĭtos	τοῖν Χᾰρῐ́τοιν toîn Khărĭ́toin	τῶν Χᾰρῐ́των tôn Khărĭ́tōn
Dative	τῇ Χᾰ́ρῐτῐ tēî Khắrĭtĭ	τοῖν Χᾰρῐ́τοιν toîn Khărĭ́toin	ταῖς Χᾰ́ρῐσῐ / Χᾰ́ρῐσῐν taîs Khắrĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν Χᾰ́ρῐν tḕn Khắrĭn	τὼ Χᾰ́ρῐτε tṑ Khắrĭte	τᾱ̀ς Χᾰ́ρῐτᾰς tā̀s Khắrĭtăs
Vocative	Χᾰ́ρῐ Khắrĭ	Χᾰ́ρῐτε Khắrĭte	Χᾰ́ρῐτες Khắrĭtes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-τς (*-ts).

Descendants

• Greek: Χάρις (Cháris)
• Latin: Charis

References

• “Χάρις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,011
• Χάρις in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxa.ɾis/
• Hyphenation: Χά‧ρις

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ancient Greek Χᾰ́ρῐς (Khắrĭs), from χάρις (kháris, “grace”).

Proper noun

Χάρις • (Cháris)

1. (Greek mythology) Charis
2. a female given name, equivalent to English Charis

Etymology 2

Transliteration of English Harris.

Proper noun

Χάρις • (Cháris)

1. a transliteration of the English surname Harris