ἀχᾰριστ-ος, ον,
(χᾰρίζομαι) ungracious, unpleasant, οὐκ ἀχάριστα μεθ᾽ ἡμῖν ταῦτ᾽ ἀγορεύεις[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.236: irregular _comparative_, δόρπου ἀχαρίστερον (for -ιστότερον) 20.392] Refs 8th c.BC+]; without grace or charm, οὐκ ἀχάριστα λέγειν[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.1.13; φωνή 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Gnomologium Vaticanum - Kleine Schriften” 75] Refs 5th c.BC+]; -ότερον ἐπιμέλημα a more thankless business, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 7.37; ἀ. ἐξέτασις 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Epistula ad Pompeium” 1. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II of persons, ungracious, unfavourable, [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 841 (-τως Bgk.), 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.60 W. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]
__II.2 ungrateful, thankless, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.90, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.7, 4th c.BC: Crates Thebanus Poeta Philosophus 19, etc.; δῆμος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.91; προδότας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 880 (Lyric poetry), compare “Med.” 659 (Lyric poetry); ἀ. πρὸς τοὺς γονέας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.2.14; τινί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 138 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σπείρων εἰς ἀχάριστα sowingin thankless soil, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 14.2012 (Sulp. 1st c.BC(?): Maximus Astrologus)] Refs 1st c.BC+]. adverb -τως, ἀποπέμψασθαι εὐεργέτας[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.23, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 30.6. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 passive, unrequited, ἀ. εἶναι τὰ ἀνηλωμένα[[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 21.12. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]adverb οὐκ ἂν ἀχαρίστως μοι ἔχοι πρός τινος thanks would not be refused me by.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.18. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]