II. in subjective sense,graceorfavour felt,whether on the part of the doer or the receiver (both senses appear in such phrases as ὅτ' . . ἡ χάρις χάριν φέροι
S. OC 779
; χάρις χάριν γάρ ἐστιν ἡ τίκτους' ἀεί
Id. Aj. 522
, cf. E. Hel. 1234 , Arist. Rh. 1385a16 ):
1. on the part of the doer,grace, kindness, goodwill, τινος forortowardsone, Hes. Op. 190 ; τῶν Μεσσηνίων χάριτι πεισθείς
Th. 3.95
;οὐ χάριτι τῇ ἐμῇnot for anykind feeling towardsme, Antipho 5.41 : abs., εἰ δέ τις μείζων χ.
3. favour, influence,opp. force, χάριτι τὸ πλέον ἢ φόβῳ
Th. 1.9
;χ. καὶ δεήσει,opp.ἀπειλῇ,
Plu. Sull. 38 .
4. love-charm, philtre,
Luc. Alex. 5 , Merc.Cond. 40 .
III. in concrete sense,a favourdone or returned,boon, χάριν φέρειν τινίconfera favouron one, do a thingto obligehim, Il. 5.211 , 874 , 9.613 , Od. 5.307 , E. IT 14 , Or. 239 , And. 2.24 (so in Med. , of the recipient, ib. 9 ); ἄλλοις χ. φέροντες
Th. 3.54
;χάριν θέσθαιorτίθεσθαί τινι,
Hdt. 9.60 , 107 , A. Pr. 782 , E. Hec. 1211 , etc.; προσθέσθαι
; opp.χάριν ἀπαιτεῖνto ask the repayment ofa boon,
E. Hec. 276 , cf. Lys. 18.23 , D. 20.156 ; χάριτας ἀπ.
Lycurg. 139
; χάριν ἐξαιτεῖσθαι
S. OC 586
;χ. ἀποστερεῖνwithholda returnfor what one has received, Pl. Grg. 520c ;τὰς αὑτοῦ εἰς τοὺς φίλους χ.thefavoursone has done them, Id. Lg. 729d ;χ. ἄχαρις αthanklessfavour,one which receives, or deserves, no thanks, A. Pr. 545 (lyr.); χ. ἀχάριτος
(ii/iii A. D.).—Orig. an acc. in apposition with the sentence, as in Il. 15.744 , etc.,being a favour, since it is (was) a favour,as is evident in κακῆς γυναικὸς χάριν ἄχαριν ἀπώλετο
E. IT 566
; τινὸς νίκας ἀκάρπωτον χ.
S. Aj. 176
(lyr.).
2. with Preps.:
a. εἰς χάριν to do a pleasure,
οὐδὲν ἐς χ. πράσσων
Id. OT 1353
(lyr.); ἐς χ. τίθεσθαί τι
Plu. Mar. 46
; μηδὲ κρίσιν εἰς χ. ἕλκε
Ps.-Phoc. 9
(butἐς τὴν τῶν ξυμμάχων χ.in such a way as to earnthanks. . Th. 3.37 ); also κατὰ χάριν
Pl. Lg. 740c
;χάριτος ἕνεκαib. 771d .
b.
πράσσειν τί τινι πρὸς χάριν
S. OC 1776
(anap.); δρᾶσαι
E. Hel. 1281
; τοῖσι πολλοῖς πρὸς χάριν λέγειν τι
Id. Hec. 257
, cf. X. Mem. 4.4.4 , HG 6.3.7 , Isoc. 2.18 , D. 8.1 (butπρὸς χ. βορᾶς for the sakeof it, S. Ant. 30 );πρὸς χ.,opp.κλαίων,
Id. OT 1152 :—butπρὸς χ. εὐσεβίας,just like χάριν , Pi. O. 8.8 ; τίνος νόμου ταῦτα πρὸς χ. λέγω;
d. διὰ χαρίτων εἶναιorγίγνεσθαί [τινι] to bepleasingto one, X. Hier. 9.1 , 2 .
e.
ἐθελοντὶ καὶ μετὰ χάριτος of pure good will,
Plb. 2.22.5
, etc.; ἐθελούσιοι καὶ χάριτος ἕνεκα ἐξιόντες
X. Cyr. 4.2.11
.
VII. metaph. ofthe cypress,
Gp. 11.4.1 ; of some kind ofmyrtle,Sch. Il. 17.51 ; ofsalt, ὅτι τὸ ἀναγκαῖον ἡδὺ ποιοῦσιν(sc.ἅλες) Plu. 2.685a .
B. Χάρις,ἡ, as a mythological pr. n. declined like χάρις , save that the acc. is generallyΧάριτα(exc. AP 5.148 ( Mel. ), Luc. DDeor. 15.1 , Paus. 9.35.4 ): poet. dat. pl. Χαρίτεσσι
Il. 17.51
, Pi. N. 9.54 ;Χάρισσινib. 5.54 :—Charis,wife of Hephaestus, Il. 18.382 ; mostly in pl.Χάριτες,αἱ, the Graces,
14.267 , 275 , Od. 6.18 , Pi. O. 2.50 , etc.; three in number, Hes. Th. 907 , etc. ( τέσσαρες αἱ
X.
, as a compliment, Call. Epigr. 52.1 ); attendants of Aphrodite, Il. 5.338 , Hes. Op. 73 , h.Ven. 61 , Paus. 6.24.7 ; coupled withΜοῦσαι,
Hes. Th. 64 ;κόμαι Χαρίτεσσιν ὁμοῖαι,i.e.likethat of theGraces,
Il. 17.51 ; worshipped at Orchomenus in Boeotia, Ἐτεόκλειοι Χάριτες θεαί
Theoc. 16.104
, cf. Sch. ad loc., Str. 9.2.40 , Paus. 9.35.3 , 9.38.1 : but at Lacedaemon and Athens only two were orig. worshipped, Id. 3.18.6 , 9.35.2 ; Χαρίτων ἱερὸν ἐμποδὼν ποιοῦνται
