χάρμη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of χαίρω (khaírō), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to yearn for”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰár.mɛː/ → /ˈxar.mi/ → /ˈxar.mi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰár.mɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰar.me̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈxar.mi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈxar.mi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈxar.mi/

Noun

χάρμη • (khármē) f (genitive χάρμης); first declension

1. joy of battle, eagerness for combat
2. fighting
3. a battle

Declension

First declension of ἡ χᾰ́ρμη; τῆς χᾰ́ρμης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χᾰ́ρμη hē khármē	τὼ χᾰ́ρμᾱ tṑ khármā	αἱ χᾰ́ρμαι hai khármai
Genitive	τῆς χᾰ́ρμης tês khármēs	τοῖν χᾰ́ρμαιν toîn khármain	τῶν χᾰρμῶν tôn kharmôn
Dative	τῇ χᾰ́ρμῃ têi khármēi	τοῖν χᾰ́ρμαιν toîn khármain	ταῖς χᾰ́ρμαις taîs khármais
Accusative	τὴν χᾰ́ρμην tḕn khármēn	τὼ χᾰ́ρμᾱ tṑ khármā	τᾱ̀ς χᾰ́ρμᾱς tā̀s khármās
Vocative	χᾰ́ρμη khármē	χᾰ́ρμᾱ khármā	χᾰ́ρμαι khármai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “χάρμη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• χάρμη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “χάρμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press