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χάρις [ᾰ], ἡ,
genitive χάρῐτος: accusative χάριν [ῑ in arsi, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.874]] Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.; also χάριτα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.41, 9.107, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 61, “Hel.” 1378, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.5.16, 3rd c.BC: Phylarchus Historicus 24 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, “PGen.” 47.17 (4th c.AD), etc. (un-Attic, _accusative_ to Moer.p.414P.): χάριταν “Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”: _plural_ χάριτες] Refs 5th c.BC+]; dative χάρισι, χαρίτεσσι, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.237, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.51, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.93 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: (χαίρω):—grace:
__I in objective sense, outward grace or fauour, beauty, properly of persons or their portraits, θεσπεσίην δ᾽ ἄρα τῷ γε χάριν κατεχεύατ᾽ Ἀθήνη [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.12, etc.; χάριν ἀμφιχέαι κεφαλῇ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 65; εὐμόρφων δὲ κολοσσῶν ἔχθεται χ. ἀνδρί 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 417 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+]: plural, graces, κάλλεϊ καὶ χάρισι στίλβων [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.237; ὄσσοις χάριτας Ἀφροδίτης ἔχων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 236; μετὰ χαρίτων ] Refs 8th c.BC+]gracefully, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.41: less frequently of things, χ. δ᾽ ἀπελάμπετο πολλή,] Refs 5th c.BC+] of ear-rings, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.183 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of works, ἔργοισι χάριν καὶ κῦδος ὀπάζει [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.320 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of words, οὔ οἱ χ. ἀμφιπεριστέφεται ἐπέεσσιν [[ 8.175 ] Refs]; πλείστη δὲ χ. κατὰ μέτρον ἰούσης [γλώσσης] [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 720; ταὶ Διωνύσου σὺν βοηλάτα χάριτες διθυράμβῳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.19; ἡ τῶν λόγων χ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.38, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 23; μῦθοι πληθόμενοι χαρίτων “Anthologia Graeca” 9.186 (1st c.BC: Antipater Thessalonicensis Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __I.2 glory, Φερενίκου χ. [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.18, compare 8.57, 80. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II in subjective sense, grace or favour felt, whether on the part of the doer or the receiver (both senses appear in such phrases as ὅτ᾽.. ἡ χάρις χάριν φέροι [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 779; χάρις χάριν γάρ ἐστιν ἡ τίκτουσ᾽ ἀεί [prev. author] “Aj.” 522, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1234, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1385a16): ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.1 on the part of the doer, grace, kindness, goodwill, τινος for or towards one, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 190; τῶν Μεσσηνίων χάριτι πεισθείς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.95 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐ χάριτι τῇ ἐμῇ not for any kind feeling towards me, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.41: _absolutely_, εἰ δέ τις μείζων χ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 960; τῆς παλαιᾶς χ. ἐκβεβλημένη 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 808 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἦ μεγάλα χ. δώρῳ σύν ὀλίγῳ [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 28.24; χ. εὑρεῖν ἐναντίον τοῦ θεοῦ LXX.Gen.6.8, +others; χάριν ἔχειν πρὸς τὸν δῆμον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demosthenes” 7 ] LXX+3rd c.BC+]; partiality, favour, μήτε ἔλεον μήτε συγγνώμην μήτε χ. μηδεμίαν περὶ πλείονος ποιήσασθαι τῶν νόμων [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.40; οὐ συμφωνοῦσιν ὀργαὶ καὶ χάριτες μακαριότητι 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Ep.” i p.28 U., compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 740c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 more frequently on the part of the receiver, sense of favour received, thankfulness, gratitude, χάριν καὶ κῦδος ἄροιο [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.95; ἀρέομαι πὰρ Σαλαμῖνος Ἀθαναίων χ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.76 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τινος for a thing, οὐδέ τίς ἐστι χάρις μετόπισθ᾽ εὐεργέων [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.695, compare 22.319; ἀντὶ πόνων χ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.86: less frequently with ] Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive, οὐκ ἄρα τις χάρις ἦεν μάρνασθαι one has, it seems, no thanks for fighting, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.316, 17.147; οἵ οἱ ἀπεμνήσαντο χ. εὐεργεσιάων 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 503, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.137; χάριν φέρειν τινί 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).17; χ. τροφεῦσιν ἀμείβων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 728 (Lyric poetry); φιλότητος ἀμειβόμεναι χ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 134 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; χάριν εἰδέναι τινί to acknowledge a sense of favour, feel grateful, once in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, ἐγὼ δέ κέ τοι ἰδέω χ. ἤματα πάντα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.235; frequently in Prose, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.21, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.23, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.175, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τούτων for a thing, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.11, etc.; τοῖς διαπεπραγμένοις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 62; μοι χ. οἶδεν ἐπὶ τούτοις 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Bis Acc.” 17; χ. προσειδέναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 20a; ἀποδιδόναι [prev. author] “R.” 338a; τινὰ ἀποστερῆσαι χάριτος [prev. author] “Hp.Mi.” 372c; later χ. γνῶναι 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 2.17; πολλὴν γνοῦσα χ. 2nd c.AD(?): Xenophon Ephesius Scriptor Eroticus 3.5; χ. ἐπίσταμαι πᾶσι 2nd c.AD(?): Charito Scriptor Eroticus 3.4, compare 8.5, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 5.142, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 8.246c; also τῶν παροιχομένων ἔχειν σφι μεγάλην χ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.120, compare 1.71, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 767 (Lyric poetry), “IT” 847 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 16.1, 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “adv. Athenogenem” 5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with participle, χ. ἔχειν σωθέντες [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.5.14 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also χάριτας ἔχων πατρός owing him a debt of gratitude, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 244: but ἀσπασμάτων χάριν τίν᾽ ἕξει] Refs 5th c.BC+]; what thanks will she have for.. ? [[ [prev. author] “Hec.” 830; χ. ἂν ἐν τούτῳ μείζω ἔτι ἔσχεν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.87 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. ὀφείλειν to owe gratitude, be beholden, τοῖς θεοῖς [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 331, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.2.30; προσοφείλειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.31; χ. οὐδεμία ἐφαίνετο πρὸς Ἀθηναίων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.90 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χάριν ἀθάνατον καταθέσθαι to lay up a store of undying gratitude, [[ [prev. author] 7.178, compare 6.41; τῇ πόλει χ. καταθέσθαι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.61, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.33 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χάριν λαβεῖν τινος receive thanks from one, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1004, etc.; ἀπολαβεῖν παρά τινων 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.31 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινος for a thing, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.2.5, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.4; διπλῆν ἐξ ἐμοῦ κτήσει χάριν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1370; κἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ κτήσει χ. [prev. author] “Tr.” 471; κομίσασθαι χ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.58; χάριτος τυχεῖν 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 135; ἀπέχειν χάριτας 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 51.4, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς θεοῖς χάρις (i.e. ἐστί) ὅτι.., thank the gods that.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.3.14, “Cyr.” 7.5.72; χ. τινί τινος 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 36; τινὶ ὑπέρ τινος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1122a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 favour, influence, opposed to force, χάριτι τὸ πλέον ἢ φόβῳ [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. καὶ δεήσει, opposed to ἀπειλῇ, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 38. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.4 love-charm, philtre, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 5, “Merc.Cond.” 40. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III in concrete sense, a favour done or returned, boon, χάριν φέρειν τινί confer a favour on one, do a thing to oblige him, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.211, 874, 9.613, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.307, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 14, “Or.” 239, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.24 ] Refs 8th c.BC+] (so in middle, of the recipient,[[ [prev. work] 9); ἄλλοις χ. φέροντες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.54 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χάριν θέσθαι or τίθεσθαί τινι, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.60, 107, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 782, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1211, etc.; προσθέσθαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 767; χ. ὑπουργῆσαί τινι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 635; παρασχεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1183; πράσσειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 36, 896 (Lyric poetry); δράσας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.40 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνύσαι probably in [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 995 (_anapaest meter_); νέμειν [prev. author] “Aj.” 1371; χ. δοῦναί τινι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 821, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1489 (but χ. δοῦναι, ={χαρίζεσθαι} (1.2)] Refs 5th c.BC+], indulge, humour, ὀργῇ[[ [prev. work] 855; γαστρί 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 317); χ. χαρίζεσθαι, see at {χαρίζομαι} I.1: χ. ἀνθυπουργεῖν] Refs 5th c.BC+] return a favour, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 339; τίνειν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 985, “Ag.” 821; χάριτας πατρῴας ἐκτίνων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 453, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 242c, etc.; χ. ἀποδιδόναι τινί 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.60, 28.17; ἀντί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 2.29; ὑπέρ τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.56; τῶν ἔργων τὰς χάριτας ἀποδ. τινί 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.24; χάριτας ἀντιδιδόναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.63 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to χάριν ἀπαιτεῖν to ask the repayment of a boon, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 276, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 18.23, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.156; χάριτας ἀπ. 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 139; χάριν ἐξαιτεῖσθαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 586 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. ἀποστερεῖν withhold a return for what one has received, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 520c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰς αὑτοῦ εἰς τοὺς φίλους χ. the favours one has done them, [[ [prev. author] “Lg.” 729d ] Refs]; χ. ἄχαρις α thankless favour, one which receives, or deserves, no thanks, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 545 (Lyric poetry); χ. ἀχάριτος [prev. author] “Ch.” 42 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1757 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.b grant made in legal form, [[ “POxy.” 273.14 (1st c.AD), “PGrenf.” 2.70.5 (3rd c.AD), etc.] Refs 1st c.AD+]; αἱ τῶν Σεβαστῶν χ. imperial grants, [[ “OGI” 669.44 (Egypt, 1st c.AD). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III.2 especially in erotic sense, of favours granted (see. χαρίζομαι 1.3), ἀλόχου χάριν ἰδεῖν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.243, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1206: more frequently in _plural_, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 1.34, 7.6, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; βίᾳ δ᾽ ἔπραξας χάριτας ἢ πείσας κόρη; [[ “Tragica Adespota” 402; in full, χάριτες ἀφροδισίων ἐρώτων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 128, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254a, +others ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV gratification, delight, τινος in or from a thing, συμποσίου [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.5; νίκας [prev. author] “O.” 10(11).78; ὕπνου χ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 159 (Lyric poetry); even χ. γόων [prev. author] “Supp.” 79 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also concrete, of things, a delight, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 2.19 (_plural_); τὰν βοτρυώδη Διονύσου χ. οἴνας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 535 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 311 (Lyric poetry), 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 3.125b; ἔνοπτρα, παρθένων χάριτας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1108 (Lyric poetry): _absolutely_, Ἔρως.. εἰσάγων γλυκεῖαν χ. [prev. author] “Hipp.” 527 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to λύπη, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 821, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 655 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to πόνος, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 232 (Lyric poetry); θανεῖν πολλὴ χάρις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 550, compare 1304; βίου χ. μεθεῖσα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 227; οὐδεμίαν ἔχω τῷ βίῳ χάριν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 865; τοῖς δὲ σιτίοις χ. οὐδεμίαν οἶδ᾽ ἐσθίων [prev. work] 869 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; less frequently in Prose, χ. καὶ ἡδονή [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 462c, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.26; τοσαύτην ἔχει χ. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.10. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__V δαιμόνων χάρις homage due to them, their worship, majesty, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 182 (Lyric poetry); ἀθίκτων χ. [prev. work] 371 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὅρκων [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 439 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__V.2 thank-offering, εὐκταία χ. τινός, opposed to a common gift, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1387, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 8.4; ἔπεμψε χαίτην κουρίμην χ. πατρός 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 180, compare 517; τιμὴ καὶ γέρα καὶ χ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 15a, compare “La.” 187a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VI.1 accusative singular as adverb, χ. τινός in any one's favour, for his pleasure, for his sake, χ. Ἕκτορος [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.744 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ψεύδεσθαι γλώσσης χ. for one's tongue's pleasure, i.e. for talking's sake, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 709, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 266 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; rarely with Article, τὴν Ἀθηναίων χάριν ἐστρατεύοντο [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.99. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VI.1.b as preposition, sometimes before its case (once in [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus, “P.” 2.70; χάριν πλησμονῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 241c; χ. φιλίας 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Gnomologium Vaticanum - Kleine Schriften” 28 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. τίνο; [[ LXX.2Ch.7.21, compare “POxy.” 743.29 (1st c.BC), etc.)] LXX+1st c.BC+], but mostly after, for the sake of, on behalf of, on account of, κακά νιν ἕλοιτο μοῖρα δυσπότμου χάριν χλιδᾶς [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 888 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦ χάρι; for what reason? [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 53; συγχωρῶ τοῦ λόγου χ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 475a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ἐμὴν χάριν, χάριν σήν, for my, thy pleasure or sake, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 1046 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1238, etc.; κείνου τε καὶ σὴν ἐξ ἴσου κοινὴν χ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 485 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: less frequently with the Article, τὴν σὴν δ᾽ ἥκω χ. [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 1413 (_anapaest meter_); σοῦ τε τήν τ᾽ ἐμὴν χ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 762:—pleonastic, τίνος χάριν ἕνεκ; 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 701d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also χάριν τινός as far as regards.., as to.., ἔπους σμικροῦ χ. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 443 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δακρύων χάριν if tears would serve, [[ [prev. author] “fragment” 557.6; χ. θανάτου πόλιν ἀτείχιστον οἰκοῦμεν 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Gnomologium Vaticanum - Kleine Schriften” 31 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also, about, ἔπεμφεν ἐπὶ τὴν πενθεράν σου χ. τοῦ κτήματος about the farm, [[ “PFay.” 126.5 (2nd-3rd c.AD).] Refs 2nd c.AD+]—Orig. an accusative in apposition with the sentence, as in [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.744, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+], being a favour, since it is (was) a favour, as is evident in κακῆς γυναικὸς χάριν ἄχαριν ἀπώλετο [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 566; τινὸς νίκας ἀκάρπωτον χ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 176 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VI.2.a εἰς χάριν to do a pleasure, οὐδὲν ἐς χ. πράσσων [[ [prev. author] “OT” 1353 (Lyric poetry); ἐς χ. τίθεσθαί τι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 46; μηδὲ κρίσιν εἰς χ. ἕλκε 1st c.AD(?): Pseudo-Phocylidea 9 (but ἐς τὴν τῶν ξυμμάχων χ.] Refs 1st c.AD+] in such a way as to earn thanks.. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.37); also κατὰ χάριν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 740c; χάριτος ἕνεκα [prev. work] 771d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VI.2.b πράσσειν τί τινι πρὸς χάριν [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1776 (_anapaest meter_); δρᾶσαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1281; τοῖσι πολλοῖς πρὸς χάριν λέγειν τι [prev. author] “Hec.” 257, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.4.4, “HG” 6.3.7, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.18, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.1 (but πρὸς χ. βορᾶς] Refs 5th c.BC+] for the sake of it, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 30)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς χ., opposed to κλαίων, [[ [prev. author] “OT” 1152:—but πρὸς χ. εὐσεβίας, just like{χάριν}, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.8; τίνος νόμου ταῦτα πρὸς χ. λέγ; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 908; πρὸς ἰσχύος χ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 538 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς χ. alone, as a favour, freely, πρὸς χ. τε κοὐ βίᾳ [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 28 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but κορέσαι στόμα πρὸς χ. to their heart's content, [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 1156 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs]
__VI.2.c ἐν χάριτι κρίνειν τινά to decide from partiality to one, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.69 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; but also, for one's gratification, pleasure, ἐν χάριτι διδόναι or ποιεῖν τινί τι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 8.10, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 115b: παραλαμβάνειν ἐν χάρισιν ] Refs 5th c.BC+]gratefully, [[ [prev. author] “Lg.” 796b. ] Refs]
__VI.2.d διὰ χαρίτων εἶναι or γίγνεσθαί [τινι] to be pleasing to one, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 9.1, 2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VI.2.e ἐθελοντὶ καὶ μετὰ χάριτος of pure good will, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.22.5, etc.; ἐθελούσιοι καὶ χάριτος ἕνεκα ἐξιόντες 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VII metaphorically of the cypress, [[ Gp. 11.4.1 ] Refs]; of some kind of myrtle, [[Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.51 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of salt, ὅτι τὸ ἀναγκαῖον ἡδὺ ποιοῦσιν (i.e. ἅλες) [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.685a. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__B Χάρις, ἡ, as a mythological proper name declined like{χάρις}, save that the accusative is generally Χάριτα (except [[“Anthologia Graeca” 5.148 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus), 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 15.1, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 9.35.4): poetry _dative_ _plural_ Χαρίτεσσι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.51, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.54; Χάρισσιν [prev. work] 5.54 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—Charis, wife of Hephaestus, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.382 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; mostly in plural Χάριτες, αἱ, the Graces, [[ 14.267, 275, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.18, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.50, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; three in number, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 907, etc. (τέσσαρες αἱ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+], as a compliment, [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 52.1)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; attendants of Aphrodite, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.338, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 73, “hymnus ad Venerem” 61, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 6.24.7 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; coupled with Μοῦσαι, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 64 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κόμαι Χαρίτεσσιν ὁμοῖαι, i.e. like that of the Graces, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.51 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; worshipped at Orchomenus in Boeotia, Ἐτεόκλειοι Χάριτες θεαί [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.104, cf. Scholia (at [prev. work]), 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 9.2.40, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 9.35.3, 9.38.1 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: but at Lacedaemon and Athens only two were originally worshipped, [[ [prev. author] 3.18.6, 9.35.2; Χαρίτων ἱερὸν ἐμποδὼν ποιοῦνται 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1133a3; θύειν ταῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.141f; in adjurations, πρὸς τῶν Χαρίτων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 152c; νὴ τὰς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 26; ὦ φίλαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.710d.— Rarely in _sing._, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus ζωθάλμιος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.11; Χάριτος ἡδίστης θεῶν 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 228.4. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
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