Χάρις

See also: χάρις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the noun χᾰ́ρῐς (kháris).

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 • (Kháris) 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 Kháris	τὼ Χᾰ́ρῐτε tṑ Khárite	αἱ Χᾰ́ρῐτες hai Khárites
Genitive	τῆς Χᾰ́ρῐτος tês Kháritos	τοῖν Χᾰρῐ́τοιν toîn Kharítoin	τῶν Χᾰρῐ́των tôn Kharítōn
Dative	τῇ Χᾰ́ρῐτῐ têi Kháriti	τοῖν Χᾰρῐ́τοιν toîn Kharítoin	ταῖς Χᾰ́ρῐσῐ / Χᾰ́ρῐσῐν taîs Khárisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν Χᾰ́ρῐτᾰ tḕn Khárita	τὼ Χᾰ́ρῐτε tṑ Khárite	τᾱ̀ς Χᾰ́ρῐτᾰς tā̀s Kháritas
Vocative	Χᾰ́ρῐς Kháris	Χᾰ́ρῐτε Khárite	Χᾰ́ρῐτες Khárites
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 *-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

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Greek

Etymology 1

Ancient Greek Χᾰ́ρῐς (Kháris).

Proper noun

Χάρις • (Cháris)

1. (Greek mythology) Charis
2. a female given name from Ancient Greek.

Etymology 2

Transliteration of English Harris.

Proper noun

Χάρις • (Cháris)

1. A transliteration of an English surname.