Χάρης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χάρις (kháris, “beauty, elegance, charm, grace”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰá.rɛːs/ → /ˈxa.ris/ → /ˈxa.ris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰá.rɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰa.re̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.ris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.ris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.ris/

Proper noun

Χᾰ́ρης • (Khắrēs) m (genitive Χᾰ́ρητος); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Chares

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Χᾰ́ρης; τοῦ Χᾰ́ρητος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Χᾰ́ρης ho Khắrēs
Genitive	τοῦ Χᾰ́ρητος toû Khắrētos
Dative	τῷ Χᾰ́ρητῐ tôi Khắrētĭ
Accusative	τὸν Χᾰ́ρητᾰ tòn Khắrētă
Vocative	Χᾰ́ρης Khắrēs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

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

1. (colloquial, familiar) a diminutive of the male given name Χαράλαμπος (Charálampos)
2. (colloquial, familiar) a diminutive of the male given name Θεοχάρης (Theocháris)
3. (colloquial, familiar) a diminutive of the male given name Χαρίλαος (Charílaos)

Inflection

Declension of Χάρης

	singular
nominative	Χάρης (Cháris)
genitive	Χάρη (Chári)
accusative	Χάρη (Chári)
vocative	Χάρη (Chári)