CA vRIS »a±1/4, hJ , gen. cavriØto" : acc. cavrin and cavrita : pl. cavrite" : dat. cavrisi , poët. cavrissi or carivtessi : ( caivrw ): Grace, Lat. gratia :
I. outward grace or favour (as we say well or ill favoured), grace, loveliness, Hom ., etc. ; tw`/ge cavrin kateceuvatÆ jAqhvnh over him Athena shed grace, Od.; of persons, pl. graces, charms, Ib., etc. :—more rarely of things, e[rgoisi cavrin kai; ku`do" ojpavzein Ib.; hJ tw`n lovgwn c . Dem.
II.
grace
or
favour felt,
whether on the part of the Doer or the Receiver:
1.
on the part of the Doer,
grace, graciousness, kindness, goodwill,
tinov"
for
or
towards
one,
Hes.
,
Thuc.
,
etc.
2. on the part of the Receiver, the sense of favour received, thankfulness, thanks, gratitude, Il.; tinov" for a thing, oujdev tiv" ejsti cavri" metovpisqÆ eujergevwn Od.; c. inf ., ou[ ti" cavri" h\en mavrnasqai one has no thanks for fighting, Il.; cavrin eijdevnai tiniv to acknowledge a sense of favour, feel grateful, Ib., Hdt. , Att. :— c. e[cein tiniv tino" to feel gratitude to one for a thing, Hdt. , Att. ; c. ojfeivlein to owe gratitude, be beholden, Soph. ; cavrin katativqesqaiv tini to lay up a store of gratitude with a person, i.e. earn his thanks, Hdt ., etc. ; cavrin lambavnein tinov" to receive thanks from one, Soph. ; so, kta`sqai cavrin Id.; c. komivsasqai Thuc.
3.
favour, influence,
as
opp. to
force,
cavriti plei`on h] fovbw/
Id.
III.
a favour
done or returned,
a grace, kindness, boon,
cavrin fevrein tiniv
to confer
a favour
on one,
to please
him, do a thing
to oblige
him,
Hom.
;
cavrin qevsqai tiniv
Hdt
.,
Att.
; so,
c. uJpourgei`n tini
Aesch
.;
parascei`n
Soph
.;
nevmein
Id.;
dou`nai
Aesch
.:—
c. tivnein
to return
a favour,
Id.;
ajntididovnai
Thuc
.;
ajpodidovnai
Plat
.: —
c. ajposterei`n
to withhold
a return
for what one has received,
Plat.
IV.
a gratification, delight,
tinov"
in
or
from
a thing,
Pind.
,
Eur.
,
etc.
V.
daimovnwn cavri"
homage due
to them, their
worship, majesty,
Aesch
.; so,
o{rkwn c
.
Eur.
;
eujktaiva c
.
an offering
in consequence of a vow,
Aesch.
VI.
Special usages:
1.
acc. sing.
as
Adv.
,
c. tinov"
in
any ones
favour, for
his
pleasure, for
his
sake,
cavrin {Ektoro"
Il.;
glwvssh" cavrin
for
ones tongues
rleasupe
, i.e.
for
talkings
sake,
Hes
.:—then much like a
Prep.
,
Lat.
gratia», causa»
, for the sake of, on account of,
tou` cavrin
; for what
reason?
Ar
.; so,
ejmh;n cavrin, sh;n cavrin
for my, thy
pleasure
or
sake,
Lat.
mea, tua gratia
,
Aesch
.,
Eur.
:—also,
cavrin tinov"
as far as regards, as to,
e[pou" smikrou` c
.
Soph.
2. with Preps., eij" cavrin tinov" to do one a pleasure, Thuc .; oujde;n eij" c. pravssein Soph .:— pro;" cavrin pravssein ti Id.; pro;" cavrin levgein Eur ., etc. ; pro;" cavrin bora`" for the sake of my flesh, for the pleasure of devouring it, Soph. :— pro;" cavrin alone, as a favour, freely, to their hearts content, Id.:— ejn cavriti for ones gratification, pleasure, ejn cavriti didovnai or poiei`n tiniv ti Xen ., Plat. :— dia; carivtwn ei\nai or givgnesqaiv tini to be on terms of friendship or mutual favour with one, Xen.
B.
Cavri"
,
hJ
, as a mythological pr. n.,
Charis,
wife of Hephaestus, Il.
2.
mostly in
pl.
Cavrite", aiJ
,
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, EuphrosyneŒ, Thalia.
cavrisma
cavrisma , ato", tov , ( carivzomai ) a grace, favour: a free gift, gift of Gods grace, N.T.
carivssasqai
carivssasqai , Ep. aor. I inf. of carivzomai .
caristevon
caristevon , verb. Adj. of carivzomai , one must gratify, tiniv Plat.