εὐχαριστία

See also: ευχαριστία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὐχᾰ́ρῐστος (eukhắrĭstos, “thankful, grateful”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from εὐ- (eu-, “good”) +‎ χᾰ́ρῐς (khắrĭs, “grace”) +‎ -τος (-tos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.kʰa.ris.tí.aː/ → /eɸ.xa.risˈti.a/ → /ef.xa.risˈti.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.kʰa.ris.tí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ew.kʰa.risˈti.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eɸ.xa.risˈti.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ef.xa.risˈti.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ef.xa.risˈti.a/

Noun

εὐχᾰρῐστῐ́ᾱ • (eukhărĭstĭ́ā) f (genitive εὐχᾰρῐστῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. thanks, gratitude
2. giving of thanks, thanksgiving
3. Eucharist
4. gracefulness

Inflection

First declension of ἡ εὐχᾰρῐστῐ́ᾱ; τῆς εὐχᾰρῐστῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ εὐχᾰρῐστῐ́ᾱ hē eukhărĭstĭ́ā	τὼ εὐχᾰρῐστῐ́ᾱ tṑ eukhărĭstĭ́ā	αἱ εὐχᾰρῐστῐ́αι hai eukhărĭstĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς εὐχᾰρῐστῐ́ᾱς tês eukhărĭstĭ́ās	τοῖν εὐχᾰρῐστῐ́αιν toîn eukhărĭstĭ́ain	τῶν εὐχᾰρῐστῐῶν tôn eukhărĭstĭôn
Dative	τῇ εὐχᾰρῐστῐ́ᾳ têi eukhărĭstĭ́āi	τοῖν εὐχᾰρῐστῐ́αιν toîn eukhărĭstĭ́ain	ταῖς εὐχᾰρῐστῐ́αις taîs eukhărĭstĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν εὐχᾰρῐστῐ́ᾱν tḕn eukhărĭstĭ́ān	τὼ εὐχᾰρῐστῐ́ᾱ tṑ eukhărĭstĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς εὐχᾰρῐστῐ́ᾱς tā̀s eukhărĭstĭ́ās
Vocative	εὐχᾰρῐστῐ́ᾱ eukhărĭstĭ́ā	εὐχᾰρῐστῐ́ᾱ eukhărĭstĭ́ā	εὐχᾰρῐστῐ́αι eukhărĭstĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍇𐌰𐍂𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌰 (aiwxaristia)
• Greek: ευχαριστία (efcharistía)
• Latin: eucharistia
  • Dutch: eucharistie
  • English: Eucharist
  • French: eucharistie
  • German: Eucharistie
  • Hebrew: אויכריסטיה (oikharístia)
  • Irish: Eocairist
  • Polish: eucharystia
  • Piedmontese: eucaristìa
  • Portuguese: eucaristia
  • Romanian: euharistie
  • Spanish: eucaristía

References

• “εὐχαριστία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “εὐχαριστία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• εὐχαριστία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2169 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible