charistia

Latin

Alternative forms

• caristia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χαρίστεια (kharísteia) or from Ancient Greek χαριστήριος (kharistḗrios, “thanksgiving offering”), from χᾰρίζω (kharízō, “to gratify, give graciously”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʰaˈris.ti.a/, [kʰäˈrɪs̠t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈris.ti.a/, [käˈrist̪iä]

Noun

charistia n pl (genitive charistiōrum); second declension

1. a family banquet held three days after the Parentalia on February 20th, at which existing family feuds were settled

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

	plural
nominative	charistia
genitive	charistiōrum
dative	charistiīs
accusative	charistia
ablative	charistiīs
vocative	charistia

Descendants

• Sicilian: Caristia, Carìstia
  • Italian: Caristia
  • English: Caristia

References

• “charistia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “charistia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers