charin

Included with: χάρις [ᾰ], ἡ,
genitive χάρῐτος: accusative χάριν [ῑ in arsi, Refs 8th c.BC+, etc.; also χάριτα Refs 5th c.BC+; dative χάρισι, χαρίτεσσι, 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 Refs 8th c.BC+: plural, graces, κάλλεϊ καὶ χάρισι στίλβων Refs 8th c.BC+gracefully, Refs 5th c.BC+ of ear-rings, Refs 8th c.BC+; of works, ἔργοισι χάριν καὶ κῦδος ὀπάζει Refs 8th c.BC+; of words, οὔ οἱ χ. ἀμφιπεριστέφεται ἐπέεσσιν Refs; πλείστη δὲ χ. κατὰ μέτρον ἰούσης [γλώσσης] Refs 8th c.BC+
I.2 glory, Φερενίκου χ. 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 Refs 5th c.BC+
II.1 on the part of the doer, grace, kindness, goodwill, τινος for or towards one, Refs 8th c.BC+; οὐ χάριτι τῇ ἐμῇ not for any kind feeling towards me, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἦ μεγάλα χ. δώρῳ σύν ὀλίγῳ LXX+3rd c.BC+; partiality, favour, μήτε ἔλεον μήτε συγγνώμην μήτε χ. μηδεμίαν περὶ πλείονος ποιήσασθαι τῶν νόμων Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 more frequently on the part of the receiver, sense of favour received, thankfulness, gratitude, χάριν καὶ κῦδος ἄροιο Refs 8th c.BC+; τινος for a thing, οὐδέ τίς ἐστι χάρις μετόπισθ᾽ εὐεργέων Refs 8th c.BC+infinitive, οὐκ ἄρα τις χάρις ἦεν μάρνασθαι one has, it seems, no thanks for fighting, Refs 8th c.BC+; χάριν εἰδέναι τινί to acknowledge a sense of favour, feel grateful, once in Refs 8th c.BC+; τούτων for a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+: with participle, χ. ἔχειν σωθέντες Refs 5th c.BC+; also χάριτας ἔχων πατρός owing him a debt of gratitude, Refs 5th c.BC+; what thanks will she have for.. ? Refs 5th c.BC+; χ. ὀφείλειν to owe gratitude, be beholden, τοῖς θεοῖς Refs 5th c.BC+; χάριν ἀθάνατον καταθέσθαι to lay up a store of undying gratitude, Refs 5th c.BC+; χάριν λαβεῖν τινος receive thanks from one, Refs 5th c.BC+; τινος for a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+; τοῖς θεοῖς χάρις (i.e. ἐστί) ὅτι.., thank the gods that.., Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 favour, influence, opposed to force, χάριτι τὸ πλέον ἢ φόβῳ Refs 5th c.BC+; χ. καὶ δεήσει, opposed to ἀπειλῇ, Refs 1st c.AD+
II.4 love-charm, philtre, 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, Refs 8th c.BC+ (so in middle, of the recipient,Refs 5th c.BC+; χάριν θέσθαι or τίθεσθαί τινι, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀνύσαι probably in Refs 5th c.BC+, indulge, humour, ὀργῇRefs 5th c.BC+ return a favour, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to χάριν ἀπαιτεῖν to ask the repayment of a boon, Refs 5th c.BC+; χ. ἀποστερεῖν withhold a return for what one has received, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰς αὑτοῦ εἰς τοὺς φίλους χ. the favours one has done them, Refs; χ. ἄχαρις α thankless favour, one which receives, or deserves, no thanks, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.b grant made in legal form, Refs 1st c.AD+; αἱ τῶν Σεβαστῶν χ. imperial grants, Refs 1st c.AD+
III.2 especially in erotic sense, of favours granted (see. χαρίζομαι 1.3), ἀλόχου χάριν ἰδεῖν Refs 8th c.BC+; βίᾳ δ᾽ ἔπραξας χάριτας ἢ πείσας κόρη; Refs 5th c.BC+
IV gratification, delight, τινος in or from a thing, συμποσίου Refs 5th c.BC+; also concrete, of things, a delight, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to λύπη, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to πόνος, Refs 5th c.BC+; less frequently in Prose, χ. καὶ ἡδονή Refs 5th c.BC+
V δαιμόνων χάρις homage due to them, their worship, majesty, Refs 4th c.BC+; ὅρκων Refs 5th c.BC+
V.2 thank-offering, εὐκταία χ. τινός, opposed to a common gift, Refs 5th c.BC+
VI Special usages:
VI.1 accusative singular as adverb, χ. τινός in any one's favour, for his pleasure, for his sake, χ. Ἕκτορος Refs 8th c.BC+; ψεύδεσθαι γλώσσης χ. for one's tongue's pleasure, i.e. for talking's sake, Refs 8th c.BC+; rarely with Article, τὴν Ἀθηναίων χάριν ἐστρατεύοντο Refs 5th c.BC+
VI.1.b as preposition, sometimes before its case (once in Refs 5th c.BC+; χ. τίνο; LXX+1st c.BC+, but mostly after, for the sake of, on behalf of, on account of, κακά νιν ἕλοιτο μοῖρα δυσπότμου χάριν χλιδᾶς Refs 5th c.BC+; τοῦ χάρι; for what reason? Refs 5th c.BC+; so ἐμὴν χάριν, χάριν σήν, for my, thy pleasure or sake, Refs 5th c.BC+: less frequently with the Article, τὴν σὴν δ᾽ ἥκω χ. Refs 5th c.BC+; also χάριν τινός as far as regards.., as to.., ἔπους σμικροῦ χ. Refs 5th c.BC+; δακρύων χάριν if tears would serve, Refs 4th c.BC+; also, about, ἔπεμφεν ἐπὶ τὴν πενθεράν σου χ. τοῦ κτήματος about the farm, Refs 2nd c.AD+—Orig. an accusative in apposition with the sentence, as in Refs 8th c.BC+, being a favour, since it is (was) a favour, as is evident in κακῆς γυναικὸς χάριν ἄχαριν ἀπώλετο Refs 5th c.BC+
VI.2 with Preps.:
VI.2.a εἰς χάριν to do a pleasure, οὐδὲν ἐς χ. πράσσων Refs 1st c.AD+ in such a way as to earn thanks.. Refs 5th c.BC+
VI.2.b πράσσειν τί τινι πρὸς χάριν Refs 5th c.BC+ for the sake of it, Refs 5th c.BC+; πρὸς χ., opposed to κλαίων, Refs 5th c.BC+; πρὸς χ. alone, as a favour, freely, πρὸς χ. τε κοὐ βίᾳ Refs 5th c.BC+; but κορέσαι στόμα πρὸς χ. to their heart's content, Refs
VI.2.c ἐν χάριτι κρίνειν τινά to decide from partiality to one, Refs 3rd c.BC+; but also, for one's gratification, pleasure, ἐν χάριτι διδόναι or ποιεῖν τινί τι, Refs 5th c.BC+gratefully, Refs
VI.2.d διὰ χαρίτων εἶναι or γίγνεσθαί [τινι] to be pleasing to one, Refs 5th c.BC+
VI.2.e ἐθελοντὶ καὶ μετὰ χάριτος of pure good will, Refs 5th c.BC+
VII metaphorically of the cypress, Refs; of some kind of myrtle, Refs 8th c.BC+; of salt, ὅτι τὸ ἀναγκαῖον ἡδὺ ποιοῦσιν (i.e. ἅλες) Refs 1st c.AD+
B Χάρις, ἡ, as a mythological proper name declined like{χάρις}, save that the accusative is generally Χάριτα (except Refs 8th c.BC+:—Charis, wife of Hephaestus, Refs 8th c.BC+; mostly in plural Χάριτες, αἱ, the Graces, Refs 8th c.BC+; three in number, Refs 8th c.BC+, as a compliment, Refs 3rd c.BC+; attendants of Aphrodite, Refs 8th c.BC+; coupled with Μοῦσαι, Refs 8th c.BC+; κόμαι Χαρίτεσσιν ὁμοῖαι, i.e. like that of the Graces, Refs 8th c.BC+; worshipped at Orchomenus in Boeotia, Ἐτεόκλειοι Χάριτες θεαί Refs 3rd c.BC+: but at Lacedaemon and Athens only two were originally worshipped, Refs 5th c.BC+

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