Χάρης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χάρις (kháris, “beauty, elegance, charm, grace”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰá.rɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰa.re̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈxa.ris/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈxa.ris/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈxa.ris/
Proper noun
Χᾰ́ρης • (Khắrēs) m (genitive Χᾰ́ρητος); third declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Chares
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Χᾰ́ρης ho Khắrēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Χᾰ́ρητος toû Khắrētos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Χᾰ́ρητῐ tōî Khắrētĭ | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Χᾰ́ρητᾰ tòn Khắrētă | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Χᾰ́ρης Khắrēs | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- English: Chares
- Greek: Χάρης (Cháris); Χάρητας (Cháritas)
- Latin: Charēs
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006
- Χάρης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxa.ris/
- Hyphenation: Χά‧ρης
Proper noun
Χάρης • (Cháris) m
- (colloquial, familiar) a diminutive of the male given name Χαράλαμπος (Charálampos)
- (colloquial, familiar) a diminutive of the male given name Θεοχάρης (Theocháris)
- (colloquial, familiar) a diminutive of the male given name Χαρίλαος (Charílaos)
Inflection
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Χάρης (Cháris) |
| genitive | Χάρη (Chári) |
| accusative | Χάρη (Chári) |
| vocative | Χάρη (Chári) |