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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the root of χαίρω (khaírō), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to yearn for”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰár.mɛː/ → /ˈxar.mi/ → /ˈxar.mi/
Noun
χάρμη • (khármē) f (genitive χάρμης); first declension
- joy of battle, eagerness for combat
- fighting
- a battle
Declension
Further reading
- “χάρμη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- χάρμη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “χάρμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press