Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /xáris/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xáris/

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

Proper noun

Χάρις • ‎(Kháris) f ‎(genitive Χάριτος); third declension

1. one of the Charites; a Charis

Inflection

Descendants

• Greek: Χάρις ‎(Cháris) (Charis), Χάριτα ‎(Chárita) (Charita), plural: Χάριτες ‎(Chárites) (Charites)
• Latin: Charis (plural Charites)

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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,011

Greek

Etymology

From English Harris.

Proper noun

Χάρις • ‎(Cháris)

1. Harris: an English surname.

Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /xáris/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xáris/

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

Noun

χάρις • ‎(kháris) f ‎(genitive χάριτος); third declension

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

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 ‎(Kháris)
• Χαρίτων ‎(Kharítōn)
• χαρίεις ‎(kharíeis)
• χαρίζομαι ‎(kharízomai)/ χαρίζω ‎(kharízō)
  • ἀχάριστος ‎(akháristos)
    • ἀχαριστέω ‎(akharistéō)
  • εὐχάριστος ‎(eukháristos)
    • εὐχαριστέω ‎(eukharistéō)
  • χάρισμα ‎(khárisma)

References

• χάρις in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• χάρις in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• χάρις in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «χάρις» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• «χάρις» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• χάρις in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “G5485”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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  • amenity idem, page 27.
  • attraction idem, page 51.
  • benefaction idem, page 73.
  • bias idem, page 78.
  • Bias idem, page 1004.
  • boon idem, page 89.
  • bounty idem, page 91.
  • charm idem, page 126.
  • daintiness idem, page 193.
  • elegance idem, page 265.
  • enchantment idem, page 270.
  • fancifulness idem, page 306.
  • fascination idem, page 308.
  • favour idem, page 311.
  • grace idem, page 368.
  • gracefulness idem, page 368.
  • graciousness idem, page 368.
  • gratefulness idem, page 370.
  • gratitude idem, page 371.
  • indulgence idem, page 435.
  • kindness idem, page 469.
  • magic idem, page 507.
  • niceness idem, page 558.
  • obligation idem, page 565.
  • offering idem, page 570.
  • office idem, page 571.
  • pleasantness idem, page 619.
  • polish idem, page 624.
  • politeness idem, page 625.
  • popularity idem, page 626.
  • prettiness idem, page 638.
  • recognition idem, page 680.
  • refinement idem, page 684.
  • seductiveness idem, page 748.
  • service idem, page 755.
  • sweetness idem, page 848.
  • taste idem, page 856.
  • tastefulness idem, page 856.
  • thankfulness idem, page 864.
  • thank-offering idem, page 864.
  • thanks idem, page 864.
  • turn idem, page 901.
  • winsomeness idem, page 982.
  • witchery idem, page 983.