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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χᾰ́ρῐς (kháris, “grace”) + -εις (-eis, “ful”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰa.rí.eːs/ → /xaˈri.is/ → /xaˈri.is/
Adjective
χᾰρῐ́εις • (kharíeis) m (feminine χᾰρῐ́εσσᾰ, neuter χᾰρῐ́εν); first/third declension
- graceful, beautiful, elegant
800 BCE – 600 BCE,
Homer,
Iliad 5.899:
- τὸν δ’ Ἥβη λοῦσεν, χαρίεντα δὲ εἵματα ἕσσε
- tòn d’ Hḗbē loûsen, kharíenta dè heímata hésse
- And Hebe bathed him, and clad him in beautiful raiment.
- cultured, refined
425 BCE,
Aristophanes,
Lysistrata 1226:
- ἦ καὶ χαρίεντες ἦσαν οἱ Λακωνικοί
- ê kaì kharíentes êsan hoi Lakōnikoí
- And what cultured fellows the Spartans are!
Inflection
Derived terms
References
- “χαρίεις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “χαρίεις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “χαρίεις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- χαρίεις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- χαρίεις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “χαρίεις”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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- bred idem, page 97.
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- engaging idem, page 274.
- enticing idem, page 277.
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- fascinating idem, page 308.
- fashionable idem, page 308.
- fine idem, page 321.
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- mannerly idem, page 512.
- neat idem, page 553.
- nice idem, page 557.
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