Χάρις

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

From the noun χᾰ́ρῐς (kháris).

Pronunciation

 

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:

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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,011
  • Χάρις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

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 the English surname Harris
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