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|Definition=[ᾰ], ἡ, gen. χάρῐτος: acc. χάριν [ῑ] in arsi, <span class="bibl">Il.5.874</span>], etc.; also <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> χάριτα <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.41</span>, <span class="bibl">9.107</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>61</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hel.</span>1378</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>3.5.16</span>, <span class="bibl">Phylarch. 24</span> J., <span class="title">PGen.</span>47.17 (iv A.D.), etc. (un-Attic, acc. to Moer.p.414P.): [[χάριταν]] <span class="title">Gloss.</span>: pl. [[χάριτες]]; dat. [[χάρισι]], [[χαρίτεσσι]], <span class="bibl">Od.6.237</span>, <span class="bibl">Il. 17.51</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.93</span>: (χαίρω):—[[grace]]: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> in objective sense, [[outward grace]] or [[favour]], [[beauty]], prop. of persons or their portraits, θεσπεσίην δ' ἄρα τῷ γε χάριν κατεχεύατ' Ἀθήνη <span class="bibl">Od.2.12</span>, etc.; χάριν ἀμφιχέαι κεφαλῇ <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>65</span>; εὐμόρφων δὲ κολοσσῶν ἔχθεται χ. ἀνδρί <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span> 417</span> (lyr.): pl., [[graces]], κάλλεϊ καὶ χάρισι στίλβων <span class="bibl">Od.6.237</span>; ὄσσοις χάριτας Ἀφροδίτης ἔχων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>236</span>; μετὰ χαρίτων [[gracefully]], <span class="bibl">Th.2.41</span>: less freq. of things, [[χ. δ' ἀπελάμπετο πολλή]], of ear-rings, <span class="bibl">Il.14.183</span>; of works, ἔργοισι χάριν καὶ κῦδος ὀπάζει <span class="bibl">Od.15.320</span>; of words, οὔ οἱ χ. ἀμφιπεριστέφεται ἐπέεσσιν <span class="bibl">8.175</span>; [[πλείστη δὲ χ. κατὰ μέτρον ἰούσης [γλώσσης]]] <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>720</span>; ταὶ Διωνύσου σὺν βοηλάτα χάριτες διθυράμβῳ <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.19</span>; ἡ τῶν λόγων χ. <span class="bibl">D.4.38</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.H. <span class="title">Comp.</span>23</span>; μῦθοι πληθόμενοι χαρίτων <span class="title">AP</span>9.186 (Antip.Thess.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[glory]], Φερενίκου χ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.18</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">8.57</span>,<span class="bibl">80</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> 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 <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>779</span>; χάρις χάριν γάρ ἐστιν ἡ τίκτουσ' ἀεί <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span>522</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1234</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1385a16</span>): </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> on the part of the doer, [[grace]], [[kindness]], [[goodwill]], τινος [[for]] or [[towards]] one, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>190</span>; τῶν Μεσσηνίων χάριτι πεισθείς <span class="bibl">Th.3.95</span>; [[οὐ χάριτι τῇ ἐμῇ]] not for any [[kind feeling towards]] me, <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.41</span>: abs., εἰ δέ τις μείζων χ. <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Supp.</span>960</span>; τῆς παλαιᾶς χ. ἐκβεβλημένη <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>808</span>; [[ἦ μεγάλα χ. δώρῳ]] σύν ὀλίγῳ <span class="bibl">Theoc.28.24</span>; χ. εὑρεῖν ἐναντίον τοῦ θεοῦ <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span>6.8</span>, al.; χάριν ἔχειν πρὸς τὸν δῆμον <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Dem.</span>7</span>; [[partiality]], [[favour]], μήτε ἔλεον μήτε συγγνώμην μήτε χ. μηδεμίαν περὶ πλείονος ποιήσασθαι τῶν νόμων <span class="bibl">Lys.14.40</span>; οὐ συμφωνοῦσιν ὀργαὶ καὶ χάριτες μακαριότητι Epicur. <span class="title">Ep.</span>i<span class="bibl">p.28</span> U., cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>740c</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> more freq. on the part of the receiver, [[sense of favour]] received, [[thankfulness]], [[gratitude]], χάριν καὶ κῦδος ἄροιο <span class="bibl">Il.4.95</span>; ἀρέομαι πὰρ Σαλαμῖνος Ἀθαναίων χ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.76</span>; τινος [[for]] a thing, οὐδέ τίς ἐστι χάρις μετόπισθ' εὐεργέων <span class="bibl">Od.4.695</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">22.319</span>; ἀντὶ πόνων χ. <span class="bibl">Th.4.86</span>: less freq. c. inf., [[οὐκ ἄρα τις χάρις ἦεν μάρνασθαι]] one has, it seems, no [[thanks for]] fighting, <span class="bibl">Il.9.316</span>, <span class="bibl">17.147</span>; οἵ οἱ ἀπεμνήσαντο χ. εὐεργεσιάων <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>503</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.1.137</span>; χάριν φέρειν τινί <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>10(11).17</span>; χ. τροφεῦσιν ἀμείβων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>728</span> (lyr.); φιλότητος ἀμειβόμεναι χ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>134</span> (lyr.); [[χάριν εἰδέναι τινί]] to acknowledge [[a sense of favour]], [[feel grateful]], once in Hom., ἐγὼ δέ κέ τοι ἰδέω χ. ἤματα πάντα <span class="bibl">Il.14.235</span>; freq. in Prose, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.21</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.2.23</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.175</span>, etc.; [[τούτων]] [[for]] a thing, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.6.11</span>, etc.; τοῖς διαπεπραγμένοις <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alex.</span>62</span>; μοι χ. οἶδεν ἐπὶ τούτοις Luc. Bis Acc.17; χ. προσειδέναι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>20a</span>; ἀποδιδόναι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>338a</span>; τινὰ ἀποστερῆσαι χάριτος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hp.Mi.</span>372c</span>; later χ. γνῶναι <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>2.17</span>; πολλὴν γνοῦσα χ. <span class="bibl">X.Eph.3.5</span>; χ. ἐπίσταμαι πᾶσι <span class="bibl">Charito 3.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">8.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Poll.5.142</span>, <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>8.246c</span>; also τῶν παροιχομένων ἔχειν σφι μεγάλην χ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.120</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.71</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>767</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">IT</span>847</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Lys.16.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Ath.</span>5</span>: c. part., χ. ἔχειν σωθέντες <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.5.14</span>; also [[χάριτας ἔχων πατρός]] owing him a debt of [[gratitude]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>244</span>: but [[ἀσπασμάτων χάριν τίν' ἕξει]]; what [[thanks]] will she have [[for]] . . ? <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hec.</span> 830</span>; χ. ἂν ἐν τούτῳ μείζω ἔτι ἔσχεν <span class="bibl">Th.8.87</span>; [[χ. ὀφείλειν]] to owe [[gratitude]], be beholden, τοῖς θεοῖς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>331</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.2.30</span>; προσοφείλειν <span class="bibl">D.3.31</span>; χ. οὐδεμία ἐφαίνετο πρὸς Ἀθηναίων <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.90</span>; [[χάριν ἀθάνατον καταθέσθαι]] to lay up a store of undying [[gratitude]], <span class="bibl">Id.7.178</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">6.41</span>; τῇ πόλει χ. καταθέσθαι <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.61</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.1.33</span>; [[χάριν λαβεῖν τινος]] receive [[thanks from]] one, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1004</span>, etc.; ἀπολαβεῖν παρά τινων <span class="bibl">Lys.20.31</span>; τινος [[for]] a thing, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.2.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.4</span>; διπλῆν ἐξ ἐμοῦ κτήσει χάριν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1370</span>; κἀπ' ἐμοῦ κτήσει χ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>471</span>; κομίσασθαι χ. <span class="bibl">Th.3.58</span>; χάριτος τυχεῖν <span class="bibl">Lycurg. 135</span>; ἀπέχειν χάριτας <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>51.4</span>, etc.; [[τοῖς θεοῖς χάρις]] (sc. [[ἐστί]]) <b class="b3"> ὅτι</b>... [[thank]] the gods that... <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.3.14</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.5.72</span>; χ. τινί τινος <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Tim.</span>36</span>; τινὶ ὑπέρ τινος Plu.2.1122a. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[favour]], [[influence]], opp. force, χάριτι τὸ πλέον ἢ φόβῳ <span class="bibl">Th.1.9</span>; [[χ. καὶ δεήσει]], opp. [[ἀπειλῇ]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sull.</span>38</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[love-charm]], [[philtre]], <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Alex.</span>5</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Merc.Cond.</span>40</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> in concrete sense, [[a favour]] done or returned, [[boon]], [[χάριν φέρειν τινί]] confer [[a favour]] on one, do a thing [[to oblige]] him, <span class="bibl">Il.5.211</span>,<span class="bibl">874</span>, <span class="bibl">9.613</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.5.307</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>14</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Or.</span>239</span>, <span class="bibl">And.2.24</span> (so in Med., of the recipient, ib.<span class="bibl">9</span>); ἄλλοις χ. φέροντες <span class="bibl">Th.3.54</span>; [[χάριν θέσθαι]] or [[τίθεσθαί τινι]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.60</span>,<span class="bibl">107</span>, <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pr.</span>782</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>1211</span>, etc.; προσθέσθαι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>767</span>; χ. ὑπουργῆσαί τινι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>635</span>; παρασχεῖν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1183</span>; πράσσειν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>36</span>, <span class="bibl">896</span> (lyr.); δράσας <span class="bibl">Th.2.40</span>; [[ἀνύσαι]] prob. in <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>995</span> (anap.); νέμειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1371</span>; χ. δοῦναί τινι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>821</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1489</span> (but [[χ. δοῦναι]], = [[χαρίζεσθαι]] (<span class="bibl">1.2</span>), [[indulge]], [[humour]], [[ὀργῇ]] ib.<span class="bibl">855</span>; γαστρί <span class="bibl">Cratin.317</span>); [[χ. χαρίζεσθαι]], v. [[χαρίζομαι]] <span class="bibl">1.1</span>: [[χ. ἀνθυπουργεῖν]] return [[a favour]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>339</span>; τίνειν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>985</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ag.</span>821</span>; χάριτας πατρῴας ἐκτίνων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>453</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Mx.</span>242c</span>, etc.; χ. ἀποδιδόναι τινί <span class="bibl">Lys.12.60</span>, <span class="bibl">28.17</span>; ἀντί τινος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ages.</span>2.29</span>; ὑπέρ τινος <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.56</span>; τῶν ἔργων τὰς χάριτας ἀποδ. τινί <span class="bibl">Lys.31.24</span>; χάριτας ἀντιδιδόναι <span class="bibl">Th.3.63</span>; opp. [[χάριν ἀπαιτεῖν]] to ask the repayment of [[a boon]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>276</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Lys.18.23</span>, <span class="bibl">D.20.156</span>; χάριτας ἀπ. <span class="bibl">Lycurg.139</span>; χάριν ἐξαιτεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>586</span>; [[χ. ἀποστερεῖν]] withhold [[a return]] for what one has received, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span> 520c</span>; [[τὰς αὑτοῦ εἰς τοὺς φίλους χ]]. the [[favours]] one has done them, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>729d</span>; [[χ. ἄχαρις α]] thankless [[favour]], one which receives, or deserves, no thanks, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>545</span> (lyr.); χ. ἀχάριτος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ch.</span>42</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1757</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[grant]] made in legal form, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>273.14</span> (i A.D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PGrenf.</span>2.70.5</span> (iii A.D.), etc.; [[αἱ τῶν Σεβαστῶν χ]]. imperial [[grants]], <span class="title">OGI</span>669.44 (Egypt, i A.D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> esp. in erotic sense, of [[favours granted]] (v. χαρίζομαι 1.3), ἀλόχου χάριν ἰδεῖν <span class="bibl">Il.11.243</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1206</span>: more freq. in pl., <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Hier.</span>1.34</span>, <span class="bibl">7.6</span>, etc.; [[βίᾳ δ' ἔπραξας χάριτας ἢ πείσας κόρην]]; <span class="title">Trag.Adesp.</span>402; in full, χάριτες ἀφροδισίων ἐρώτων <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>128</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>254a</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[gratification]], [[delight]], τινος [[in]] or [[from]] a thing, συμποσίου <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">O.</span>7.5</span>; νίκας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">O.</span>10(11).78</span>; ὕπνου χ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>159</span> (lyr.); even χ. γόων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>79</span> (lyr.); also concrete, of things, [[a delight]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>2.19</span> (pl.); τὰν βοτρυώδη Διονύσου χ. οἴνας <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>535</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>311</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>3.125b</span>; ἔνοπτρα, παρθένων χάριτας <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1108</span> (lyr.): abs., Ἔρως . . εἰσάγων γλυκεῖαν χ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>527</span> (lyr.); opp. [[λύπη]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>821</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>655</span> (lyr.); opp. [[πόνος]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>232</span> (lyr.); θανεῖν πολλὴ χάρις <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>550</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1304</span>; βίου χ. μεθεῖσα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>227</span>; οὐδεμίαν ἔχω τῷ βίῳ χάριν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>865</span>; [[τοῖς δὲ σιτίοις χ. οὐδεμίαν οἶδ' ἐσθίων]] ib.<span class="bibl">869</span>; less freq. in Prose, χ. καὶ ἡδονή <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>462c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.20.26</span>; τοσαύτην ἔχει χ. <span class="bibl">Isoc.9.10</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> [[δαιμόνων χάρις]] [[homage due]] to them, their [[worship]], [[majesty]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span> 182</span> (lyr.); [[ἀθίκτων χ]]. ib.<span class="bibl">371</span> (lyr.); ὅρκων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>439</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[thank-offering]], [[εὐκταία χ. τινός]], opp. a common gift, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1387</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Hier.</span>8.4</span>; ἔπεμψε χαίτην κουρίμην χ. πατρός <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>180</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">517</span>; τιμὴ καὶ γέρα καὶ χ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthphr.</span>15a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">La.</span>187a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VI</span> Special usages: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> acc. sg. as Adv., [[χ. τινός]] [[in]] any one's [[favour]], [[for]] his [[pleasure]], [[for]] his [[sake]], χ. Ἕκτορος <span class="bibl">Il.15.744</span>; [[ψεύδεσθαι γλώσσης χ]]. [[for]] one's tongue's [[pleasure]], i.e. [[for]] talking's [[sake]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>709</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>266</span>; rarely with Art., τὴν Ἀθηναίων χάριν ἐστρατεύοντο <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.99</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> as Prep., sometimes before its case (once in <span class="bibl">Pi., <span class="title">P.</span>2.70</span>; χάριν πλησμονῆς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>241c</span>; χ. φιλίας <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Sent.Vat.</span>28</span>; [[χ. τίνος]]; <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">2 Ch.</span>7.21</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>743.29</span> (i B. C.), etc.), but mostly after, [[for the sake of]], [[on behalf of]], [[on account of]], κακά νιν ἕλοιτο μοῖρα δυσπότμου χάριν χλιδᾶς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>888</span> (lyr.); [[τοῦ χάριν]]; [[for]] what [[reason]]? <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>53</span>; συγχωρῶ τοῦ λόγου χ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>475a</span>; so [[ἐμὴν χάριν]], [[χάριν σήν]], [[for]] my, thy [[pleasure]] or [[sake]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>1046</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>1238</span>, etc.; κείνου τε καὶ σὴν ἐξ ἴσου κοινὴν χ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>485</span>: less freq. with the Art., τὴν σὴν δ' ἥκω χ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1413</span> (anap.); σοῦ τε τήν τ' ἐμὴν χ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>762</span>:—pleon., τίνος χάριν ἕνεκα; <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>701d</span>; also [[χάριν τινός]] [[as far as regards... as to]]... ἔπους σμικροῦ χ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>443</span>; [[δακρύων χάριν]] [[if]] tears [[would serve]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>557.6</span>; χ. θανάτου πόλιν ἀτείχιστον οἰκοῦμεν <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Sent.Vat.</span>31</span>; also, [[about]], [[ἔπεμφεν ἐπὶ τὴν πενθεράν σου χ. τοῦ κτήματος]] [[about]] the farm, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFay.</span>126.5</span> (ii/iii A. D.).—Orig. an acc. in apposition with the sentence, as in <span class="bibl">Il.15.744</span>, etc., [[being a favour]], [[since it is (was) a favour]], as is evident in κακῆς γυναικὸς χάριν ἄχαριν ἀπώλετο <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>566</span>; τινὸς νίκας ἀκάρπωτον χ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>176</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> with Preps.: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">a</span> [[εἰς χάριν]] [[to do a pleasure]], οὐδὲν ἐς χ. πράσσων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span>1353</span> (lyr.); ἐς χ. τίθεσθαί τι <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Mar.</span>46</span>; μηδὲ κρίσιν εἰς χ. ἕλκε <span class="bibl">Ps.-Phoc.9</span> (but [[ἐς τὴν τῶν ξυμμάχων χ]]. in such a way as to earn [[thanks]] . . <span class="bibl">Th.3.37</span>); also κατὰ χάριν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>740c</span>; [[χάριτος ἕνεκα]] ib.<span class="bibl">771d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> πράσσειν τί τινι πρὸς χάριν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1776</span> (anap.); δρᾶσαι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1281</span>; τοῖσι πολλοῖς πρὸς χάριν λέγειν τι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hec.</span>257</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.4.4</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HG</span>6.3.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.2.18</span>, <span class="bibl">D.8.1</span> (but [[πρὸς χ. βορᾶς]] [[for the sake]] of it, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>30</span>); [[πρὸς χ]]., opp. [[κλαίων]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span>1152</span>:—but [[πρὸς χ. εὐσεβίας]], just like [[χάριν]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>8.8</span>; τίνος νόμου ταῦτα πρὸς χ. λέγω; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>908</span>; πρὸς ἰσχύος χ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>538</span>; [[πρὸς χ]]. alone, [[as a favour]], [[freely]], πρὸς χ. τε κοὐ βίᾳ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>28</span>; but [[κορέσαι στόμα πρὸς χ]]. [[to]] their [[heart's content]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1156</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> [[ἐν χάριτι κρίνειν τινά]] to decide [[from partiality]] to one, <span class="bibl">Theoc.5.69</span>; but also, [[for]] one's [[gratification]], [[pleasure]], [[ἐν χάριτι διδόναι]] or [[ποιεῖν τινί τι]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>8.10</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>115b</span>: παραλαμβάνειν ἐν χάρισιν [[gratefully]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>796b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">d</span> διὰ χαρίτων εἶναι or [[γίγνεσθαί]] [[τινι]] = to [[be pleasing to one]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Hier.</span>9.1</span>,<span class="bibl">2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">e</span> ἐθελοντὶ καὶ μετὰ χάριτος [[of pure good will]], <span class="bibl">Plb.2.22.5</span>, etc.; ἐθελούσιοι καὶ χάριτος ἕνεκα ἐξιόντες <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.2.11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VII</span> metaph. of the [[cypress]], <span class="bibl">Gp.11.4.1</span>; of some kind of [[myrtle]], Sch.<span class="bibl">Il.17.51</span>; of [[salt]], [[ὅτι τὸ ἀναγκαῖον ἡδὺ ποιοῦσιν]] (sc. [[ἅλες]]) Plu.2.685a. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">B</span> Χάρις, ἡ, as a mythological pr. n. declined like [[χάρις]], save that the acc. is generally [[Χάριτα]] (exc. <span class="title">AP</span>5.148 (Mel.), <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DDeor.</span> 15.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Paus.9.35.4</span>): poet. dat. pl. Χαρίτεσσι <span class="bibl">Il.17.51</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>9.54</span>; [[Χάρισσιν]] ib.<span class="bibl">5.54</span>:—[[Charis]], wife of Hephaestus, <span class="bibl">Il.18.382</span>; mostly in pl. [[Χάριτες]], [[αἱ]],</b> [[the Graces]], <span class="bibl">14.267</span>,<span class="bibl">275</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.6.18</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>2.50</span>, etc.; three in number, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>907</span>, etc. (τέσσαρες αἱ X., as a [[compliment]], <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>52.1</span>); attendants of Aphrodite, <span class="bibl">Il.5.338</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Op.</span>73</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ven.</span>61</span>, <span class="bibl">Paus.6.24.7</span>; coupled with [[Μοῦσαι]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>64</span>; [[κόμαι Χαρίτεσσιν ὁμοῖαι]], i.e. like that of the [[Graces]], <span class="bibl">Il.17.51</span>; worshipped at Orchomenus in Boeotia, Ἐτεόκλειοι Χάριτες θεαί <span class="bibl">Theoc. 16.104</span>, cf. Sch. ad loc., <span class="bibl">Str.9.2.40</span>, <span class="bibl">Paus.9.35.3</span>, <span class="bibl">9.38.1</span>: but at Lacedaemon and Athens only two were orig. worshipped, <span class="bibl">Id.3.18.6</span>, <span class="bibl">9.35.2</span>; Χαρίτων ἱερὸν ἐμποδὼν ποιοῦνται <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1133a3</span>; θύειν ταῖς X. Plu.2.141f; in adjurations, πρὸς τῶν Χαρίτων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span> 152c</span>; νὴ τὰς X. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Hist.Conscr.</span>26</span>; ὦ φίλαι X. Plu.2.710d.— Rarely in sg., X. [[ζωθάλμιος]] <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.11</span>; Χάριτος ἡδίστης θεῶν <span class="bibl">Antiph. 228.4</span>.</span>

|sltr=<b>χᾰρῐς</b> (-ις, -ιν; -ιτες, -ίτων, -ίτεσσι（ν), -ις（ς）ι（ν), -ιτας, -ιτες.) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b> <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> [[splendour]], [[honour]], [[glory]] of the [[lustre]] given by [[achievement]], esp. in games. Πίσας τε καὶ Φερενίκου [[χάρις]] (O. 1.18) αἰὼν δ' ἔφεπε [[μόρσιμος]] πλοῦτον τε καὶ [[χάριν]] [[ἄγων]] γνησίαις ἐπ ἀρεταῖς (O. 2.10) ὦ Ζεῦ, δίδοι τέ οἱ αἰδοίαν [[χάριν]] καὶ ποτ' ἀστῶν καὶ [[ποτὶ]] ξείνων (O. 7.89) Ἐρατιδᾶν [[τοι]] σὺν χαρίτεσσιν [[ἔχει]] θαλίας καὶ [[πόλις]] (O. 7.93) καὶ Νεμέᾳ γὰρ [[ὁμῶς]] [[ἐρέω]] ταύταν [[χάριν]] (O. 8.57) κατακρύπτει δ' οὐ [[κόνις]] συγγόνων κεδνὰν [[χάριν]] (O. 8.80) καί [[νυν]] ἐπωνυμίαν [[χάριν]] νίκας ἀγερώχου κελαδησόμεθα (v. [[ἐπωνύμιος]]) (O. 10.78) σφὸν ὄλβον υἱῷ τε κοινὰν [[χάριν]] ἔνδικόν τ' Ἀρκεσίλᾳ (P. 5.102) νικῶντί γε [[χάριν]], εἴ τι [[πέραν]] ἀερθεὶς [[ἀνέκραγον]], οὐ [[τραχύς]] εἰμι καταθέμεν (N. 7.75) κλειναῖς λτ;τγτ; Ἐρεχθειδᾶν χαρίτεσσιν ἀραρὼς ταῖς λιπαραῖς ἐν Ἀθάναις (I. 2.19) ἀλλὰ παλαιὰ γὰρ εὕδει [[χάρις]] (i. e. ἔργων παλαιῶν) (I. 7.17) acc. s. pro prep., [[for]] the [[glory]] of, [[for]] the [[sake]] of c. dat., gen., συμποσίου τε [[χάριν]] κᾶδός τε τιμάσαις [[ἑόν]] (O. 7.5) [[ὄφρα]] Θέμιν ἱερὰν Πυθῶνά τε καὶ ὀρθοδίκαν γᾶς ὀμφαλὸν κελαδήσετ' ἄκρᾳ σὺν ἑσπέρᾳ ἑπταπύλοισι Θήβαις [[χάριν]] (P. 11.12) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>I</b> [[lustre]], [[glory]] given by [[poetry]] τὶν δ' ἁδυεπής τε [[λύρα]] [[γλυκύς]] τ αὐλὸς ἀναπάσσει [[χάριν]] (O. 10.94) σὺν Ὀρσέᾳ δέ νιν κωμάξομαι τερπνὰν ἐπιστάζων [[χάριν]] (I. 4.72) θεὸς ὁ πάντα τεύχων βροτοῖς καὶ [[χάριν]] ἀοιδᾷ φυτεύει fr. 141. acc. s. pro prep., c. gen., τὸ Καστόρειον δ' ἐν Αἰολίδεσσι χορδαῖς θέλων ἄθρησον [[χάριν]] ἑπτακτύπου φόρμιγγος ἀντόμενος (P. 2.70) [[σέθεν]] ἁδυεπὴς [[ὕμνος]] ὁρμᾶται [[θέμεν]] αἶνον ἀελλοπόδων μέγαν ἵππων, Ζηνὸς Αἰτναίου [[χάριν]] (N. 1.6) and so, ἀγαυὸν καλάμῳ συνάγεν θρόον μήδεσί τε φρενὸς ὑμετέραν [[χάριν]] as a [[glory]] [[for]] [[you]] (Pae. 9.37) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>II</b> pl., poems, songs ταὶ Διωνύσου [[πόθεν]] [[ἐξέφανεν]] σὺν βοηλάτᾳ χάριτες διθυράμβῳ; (O. 13.19) ἀμφοτερᾶν [[τοι]] χαρίτων σὺν θεοῖς ζεύξω [[τέλος]], καὶ τὸν ἀκερσεκόμαν Φοῖβον χορεύων καὶ τὰν ἁλιερκέα Ἰσθμοῦ δειράδ (i. e. songs [[for]] [[both]] [[Thebes]] and [[Delos]]) (I. 1.6) χρὴ δὲ κωμάζοντ' ἀγαναῖς χαρίτεσσιν βαστάσαι (I. 3.8) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>I</b> [[favour]], [[blessing]] ναυσιφορήτοις δ' [[ἀνδράσι]] πρώτα [[χάρις]] πομπαῖον [[ἐλθεῖν]] [[οὖρον]] (P. 1.33) τῷ μὲν διδύμας χάριτας εἰ κατέβαν ὑγίειαν [[ἄγων]] χρυσέαν κῶμόν τ (P. 3.72) τὶν δὲ τούτων ἐξυφαίνονται χάριτες (P. 4.275) γλυκυτάτᾳ γενεᾷ εὐώνυμον κτεάνων κρατίσταν [[χάριν]] πορών (P. 11.58) οὐδ' ἀμόχθῳ καρδίᾳ παραιτεῖται [[χάριν]] (i. e. τὰ [[Ὀλύμπια]] νικῆσαι Σ.) (N. 10.30) [[ἐπί]] τε κλυτὰν πέμπετε [[χάριν]], θεοί [[benison]] fr. 75. 2. ὁ [Λοξ]ίας ([[πρό]])φρων ἀθανάταν [[χάριν]] Θήβαις ἐπιμείξων Παρθ. 2. . χάριτάς τ' Ἀφροδισίων ἐρώτων fr. 128. 1.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>II</b> goodwill, goodfeeling: [[gratitude]], [[thanks]] “φίλια δῶρα Κυπρίας ἄγ' εἴ τι, Ποσείδαον, ἐς [[χάριν]] τέλλεται” (O. 1.75) ἄνεται δὲ πρὸς [[χάριν]] εὐσεβίας [[ἀνδρῶν]] λιταῖς in [[gratitude]] [[for]] [[their]] [[piety]] (O. 8.8) ὁπᾷ τε κοινὸν λόγον φίλαν τείσομεν ἐς [[χάριν]] (O. 10.12) νικῶν Ἴλᾳ φερέτω [[χάριν]] Ἁγησίδαμος (O. 10.17) [[ἀρέομαι]] πὰρ μὲν Σαλαμῖνος Ἀθαναίων [[χάριν]] μισθόν (P. 1.76) [[ἄγει]] δὲ [[χάρις]] [[φίλων]] [[ποί]] τινος ἀντὶ ἔργων ὀπιζομένα (P. 2.17) οὐδὲ μολόντων πὰρ ματέρ' ἀμφὶ [[γέλως]] γλυκὺς ὦρσεν [[χάριν]] (P. 8.86) Θώρακος, [[ὅσπερ]] ἐμὰν ποιπνύων [[χάριν]] τόδ' ἔζευξεν [[ἅρμα]] Πιερίδων (“dans [[son]] zèle [[pour]] ma [[cause]],” Puech: cf. Πα. 9. 37) (P. 10.64) ἁδεῖα δ' [[ἔνδον]] μιν ἔκνιξεν [[χάρις]] ([[ἡδονή]] Σ.) (I. 6.50) acc. s. pro prep., Διὸς δὲ [[χάριν]] ἐκ προτέρων μεταμειψάμενοι καμάτων by the [[grace]] of [[Zeus]] (P. 3.95) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>d</b> [[χάριν]] prep., v. l. a. [[fin]]., 1. b. α. [[fin]]., 1. c. β. [[fin]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>e</b> fragg. ε]ὐκλέα [[χάριν]] (Pae. 2.103) [[χάριν]] Πα. 12. a. 11. χ]άριν [ἀμ]φέπων (vix κίθαριν, Snell) fr. 215b. 7. Ποσειδᾶνος χά[ρι]ν ?fr. 345a. 9.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b> pro pers.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> s., Charm, Grace [[Χάρις]] δ, [[ἅπερ]] ἅπαντα τεύχει τὰ μείλιχα θνατοῖς (O. 1.30) [[οἷς]] αἰδοία ποτιστάξῃ [[Χάρις]] εὐκλέα μορφάν (O. 6.76) [[ἄλλοτε]] δ' ἄλλον ἐποπτεύει [[Χάρις]] [[ζωθάλμιος]] (O. 7.11) ἐν δ' [[ἄρα]] καὶ Τενέδῳ [[Πειθώ]] τ ἔναιεν καὶ [[Χάρις]] υἱὸν Ἁγησίλα (χάρισ coni. [[van]] Groningen; varie tentabant locum docti, e. g. lacunam [[post]] υἱὸν ponentes) fr. 123. 14<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> pl., the Graces, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, Thalia, daughters of [[Zeus]] and ?Eurynome, worshipped [[chiefly]] at Orchomenos. κοιναὶ Χάριτες ἄνθεα τεθρίππων δυωδεκαδρόμων [[ἄγαγον]] (O. 2.50) Οὐλυμπιονίκαν [[δέξαι]] Χαρίτων θ' [[ἕκατι]] τόνδε κῶμον (O. 4.9) ἐξαίρετον Χαρίτων [[νέμομαι]] κᾶπον (O. 9.27) ὦ λιπαρᾶς ἀοίδιμοι βασίλειαι Χάριτες Ἐρχομενοῦ (O. 14.4) οὐδὲ γὰρ θεοὶ σεμνᾶν Χαρίτων [[ἄτερ]] κοιρανέοντι χοροὺς [[οὔτε]] δαῖτας (O. 14.8) [[ἄνευ]] οἱ Χαρίτων τέκεν [[γόνον]] (i. e. ἄχαριν, [[graceless]] ) (P. 2.42) σὲ δ' ἠύκομοι φλέγοντι Χάριτες (P. 5.45) ἦ γὰρ ἑλικώπιδος Ἀφροδίτας ἄρουραν ἢ Χαρίτων ἀναπολίζομεν (P. 6.2) ἔπεσε δ' οὐ Χαρίτων ἑκὰς ἁ [[δικαιόπολις]] [[νᾶσος]] (P. 8.21) σὺν βαθυζώνοισιν ἀγγέλλων Τελεσικράτη Χαρίτεσσι γεγωνεῖν (P. 9.3) Χαρίτων κελαδεννᾶν μή με λίποι καθαρὸν [[φέγγος]] (P. 9.89) παρὰ καλλιχόρῳ πόλι Χαρίτων Καφισίδος ἐν τεμένει (at Orchomenos) (P. 12.26) [[ὅ τι]] κε σὺν Χαρίτων τύχᾳ [[γλῶσσα]] φρενὸς ἐξέλοι βαθείας (N. 4.7) [[φέρε]] στεφανώματα σὺν ξανθαῖς Χάρισσιν (N. 5.54) παρὰ Κασταλίαν τε Χαρίτων [[ἑσπέριος]] ὁμάδῳ φλέγεν (N. 6.37) [[εὔχομαι]] ταύταν ἀρετὰν κελαδῆσαι σὺν Χαρίτεσσιν (N. 9.54) Χάριτες, [[Ἄργος]] Ἥρας [[δῶμα]] θεοπρεπὲς ὑμνεῖτε (N. 10.1) Χαρίτεσσί τε καὶ σὺν Τυνδαρίδαις [[θαμάκις]] (N. 10.38) σὺν Χάρισιν δ' [[ἔμολον]] Λάμπωνος υἱοῖς (I. 5.21) τὰν Ψαλυχιαδᾶν δὲ πάτραν Χαρίτων ἄρδοντι καλλίστᾳ δρόσῳ (I. 6.63) χρὴ δ' ἐν ἑπταπύλοισι Θήβαις τραφέντα Αἰγίνᾳ Χαρίτων [[ἄωτον]] προνέμειν (I. 8.16) Χάρισι πάσαι[ς fr. 6. e. χάριτε[ς (Pae. 3.2) ]Χάρισι (Pae. 4.13) σε, χρυσέα κλυτόμαντι [[Πυθοῖ]], [[λίσσομαι]] Χαρίτεσσίν τε καὶ σὺν Ἀφροδίτᾳ με [[δέξαι]] (Pae. 6.3) Χαρίτεσσί μοι ἀγχιθ[ (Pae. 7.10) μήλ]ων Χαρίτεσσι μίγδαν [Κύ]νθιον παρὰ κρημνόν (Pae. 12.7) σεμνᾶν Χαρίτων [[μέλημα]] τερπνόν (sc. ὦ [[Πάν]]: on [[account]] of his [[skill]] in [[dancing]] and [[piping]]) fr. 95. 3. Εὐρυνόμα Χάριτ[ας] π[ ]ασσιας ἔτικτεν (Εὐρυνόμα Blass: ευρυχμα Π: π[αραθαλ]ασσίας coni. Snell) ?fr. 333a. 10. σὺν Χαρίτ[εσσι P. Oxy. 841, fr. 112.

|astxt=[[χάρις]], -ιτος, ἡ Abbott-Smith does [[not]] [[include]] the [[article]] [[here]]., acc., [[χάριν]] ([[χάριτα]] in Ac 24:27, Ju 4; v. WH, App., 157), [in LXX [[chiefly]] for חֵן;] <br /><b class="num">1.</b>objectively, [[that]] [[which]] causes [[favourable]] [[regard]], [[gracefulness]], [[grace]], [[loveliness]] of [[form]], [[graciousness]] of [[speech]] (cl.; Ec 10:12, Si 21:16, al.): Col 4:6; λόγοι τ. [[χάριτος]] (gen. qual.), Lk 4:22. <br /><b class="num">2.</b>Subjectively,<br /><b class="num">(a)</b>on the [[part]] of the [[giver]], [[grace]], [[graciousness]], [[kindness]], goodwill, [[favour]]: Lk 2:52, Ac 7:10, al.; esp. in NT of the [[divine]] [[favour]], [[grace]], [[with]] [[emphasis]] on its freeness and universality: Lk 1:30, Ac 14:26, Ro 1:7, I Co 1:3, al.; opp. to [[ὀφείλημα]], Ro 4:4, 16; to ἔργα, Ro 11:6; <br /><b class="num">(b)</b>on the [[part]] of the receiver, a [[sense]] of [[favour]] [[received]], [[thanks]], [[gratitude]]: Ro 6:17 7:25, al.; χ. ἔχειν, to be [[thankful]], Lk 17:9, I Ti 1:12, al. <br /><b class="num">3.</b>Objectively, of the [[effect]] of [[grace]],<br /><b class="num">(a)</b>a [[state]] of [[grace]]: Ro 5:2, II Ti 2:1, I Pe 5:12, II Pe 3:18; <br /><b class="num">(b)</b>a [[proof]] or [[gift]] of [[grace]] (cl., a [[favour]]): Jo 1:16, Ac 6:8, Ro 1:5, I Co 3:10, II Co 9:8, Ga 2:9, Eph 3:2, I Pe 5:5, 10 al. (For [[fuller]] [[treatment]] of the NT [[usage]], v. AR, Eph., 221ff.; DB, ii, 254ff.; DCG, i, 686ff.; Cremer, s.v.).