χάρις .χάρις (ᾰ), ιτος, ἡ, χαίρω Grace, Lat. gratia: outward grace or favour (as we say well or ill favoured), grace, loveliness, Hom., etc.; τῷγε χάριν κατεχεύατʼ Ἀθήνη over him Athena shed grace, Od.; of persons, pl. graces, charms, Od., etc.:—more rarely of things, ἔργοισι χάριν καὶ κῦδος ὀπάζειν Od.; ἡ τῶν λόγων χ. Dem. grace or favour felt, whether on the part of the Doer or the Receiver: on the part of the Doer, grace, graciousness, kindness, goodwill, τινός for or towards one, Hes., Thuc., etc. on the part of the Receiver, the sense of favour received, thankfulness, thanks, gratitude, Il.; τινός for a thing, οὐδέ τίς ἐστι χάρις μετόπισθʼ εὐεργέων Od.; c. inf., οὔ τις χάρις ἦεν μάρνασθαι one has no thanks for fighting, Il.; χάριν εἰδέναι τινί to acknowledge a sense of favour, feel grateful, Il., Hdt., Attic:— χ. ἔχειν τινί τινος to feel gratitude to one for a thing, Hdt., Attic; χ. ὀφείλειν to owe gratitude, be beholden, Soph.; χάριν κατατίθεσθαί τινι to lay up a store of gratitude with a person, i. e. earn his thanks, Hdt., etc.; χάριν λαμβάνειν τινός to receive thanks from one, Soph.; so, κτᾶσθαι χάριν Soph.; χ. κομίσασθαι Thuc. favour, influence, as opp. to force, χάριτι πλεῖον ἢ φόβῳ Thuc. a favour done or returned, a grace, kindness, boon, χάριν φέρειν τινί to confer a favour on one, to please him, do a thing to oblige him, Hom.; χάριν θέσθαι τινί Hdt., Attic; so, χ. ὑπουργεῖν τινι Aesch.; παρασχεῖν Soph.; νέμειν Soph.; δοῦναι Aesch.:— χ. τίνειν to return a favour, Aesch.; ἀντιδιδόναι Thuc.; ἀποδιδόναι Plat.: —χ. ἀποστερεῖν to withhold a return for what one has received, Plat. a gratification, delight, τινός in or from a thing, Pind., Eur., etc. δαιμόνων χάρις homage due to them, their worship, majesty, Aesch.; so, ὅρκων χ. Eur.; εὐκταία χ. an offering in consequence of a vow, Aesch. Special usages: acc. sg. as adv., χ. τινός in any oneʼs favour, for his pleasure, for his sake, χάριν Ἕκτορος Il.; γλώσσης χάριν for oneʼs tongueʼs pleasure, i. e. for talkingʼs sake, Hes.:—then much like a prep., Lat. gratia, causa, for the sake of, on account of, τοῦ χάριν; for what reason? Ar.; so, ἐμὴν χάριν, σὴν χάριν for my, thy pleasure or sake, Lat. mea, tua gratia, Aesch., Eur.:—also, χάριν τινός as far as regards, as to, ἔπους σμικροῦ χ. Soph. with Preps., εἰς χάριν τινός to do one a pleasure, Thuc.; οὐδὲν εἰς χ. πράσσειν Soph.:— πρὸς χάριν πράσσειν τι Soph.; πρὸς χάριν λέγειν Eur., etc.; πρὸς χάριν βορᾶς for the sake of my flesh, for the pleasure of devouring it, Soph.:— πρὸς χάριν alone, as a favour, freely, to their heartʼs content, Soph.:— ἐν χάριτι for oneʼs gratification, pleasure, ἐν χάριτι διδόναι or ποιεῖν τινί τι Xen., Plat.:— διὰ χαρίτων εἶναι or γίγνεσθαί τινι to be on terms of friendship or mutual favour with one, Xen. Χάρις, ιτος, ἡ, as a mythological pr. n., Charis, wife of Hephaestus, Il. mostly in pl. Χάριτες, αἱ, the Charites or Graces, Lat. Gratiae, who confer all grace, even the favour of Victory in the games, Pind.:—in Hom. their number is undefined; Hes. first reduced them to three, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, Thalia.