χάριν

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰá.rin/ → /ˈxa.rin/ → /ˈxa.rin/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰá.rin/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰa.rin/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.rin/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.rin/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.rin/

Noun

χάρῐν • (khárin)

1. accusative singular of χάρις (kháris)

Preposition

χάρῐν • (khárin) (governs the genitive)

1. as a favor to, for the pleasure of

Postposition

χάρῐν • (khárin)

1. for the sake of, because of
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 2.500a:

     Πάντα δ' ὅσα κερατοφόρα, τετράποδά ἐστιν, εἰ μή τι κατὰ μεταφορὰν λέγεται ἔχειν κέρας καὶ λόγου χάριν, ὥσπερ τοὺς περὶ Θήβας ὄφεις οἱ Αἰγύπτιοί φασιν, ἔχοντας ἐπανάστασιν ὅσον προφάσεως χάριν.

     Pánta d' hósa keratophóra, tetrápodá estin, ei mḗ ti katà metaphoràn légetai ékhein kéras kaì lógou khárin, hṓsper toùs perì Thḗbas ópheis hoi Aigúptioí phasin, ékhontas epanástasin hóson propháseōs khárin.

     • 1910 translation by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson

       But all animals that are horned are quadrupedal, except in cases where a creature is said metaphorically, or by a figure of speech, to have horns; just as the Egyptians describe the serpents found in the neighbourhood of Thebes, while in point of fact the creatures have merely protuberances on the head sufficiently large to suggest such an epithet. (Wikisource link)

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek χάριν (khárin), accusative singular form of χάρις (kháris, “grace”) used adverbially.
For sense "as", semantic loan from New Latin gratia.
Also see χάρις (cháris) & χάρη f (chári, “favour, grace”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaˈrin/
• Hyphenation: χά‧ριν

Preposition

χάριν • (chárin) (+ genitive)

1. for, as (equivalent to the Latin gratia)

   see related formal expressions, some, with the alternative, not formal: χάρη (chári)

2. (dated, archaical) for, for the benefit/sake of, (implies something positive)

   Πολλοί έχουν πεθάνει χάριν της Ελλάδος. ― Polloí échoun pethánei chárin tis Elládos. ― Many have died for Greece.

   Synonyms: (formal) υπέρ (ypér, + genitive), (standard) για (gia, + accusative)

Related expressions

for sense: "as a" formal set phases:

• λόγου χάριν (lógou chárin, “for example, e.g.”) & less formal λόγου χάρη (lógou chári) / λ.χ. (l.ch.)
• παραδείγματος χάριν (paradeígmatos chárin, “for example, e.g.”) & less formal παραδείγματος χάρη (paradeígmatos chári) / π.χ. (p.ch.)
• χάριν ευφωνίας (chárin effonías, “for euphonic [reasons]”)
• χάριν παιδιάς (chárin paidiás, “as a joke”)
• χάριν συντομίας (chárin syntomías, “in brief”)

See also

• λόγω (lógo, “due to, because of”, dated dative case)
• For sense "thanks to" (for something positive) see the formal χάρις (cháris) + σε (se) + accusative used adverbially or standard χάρη σε (chári se)

Noun

χάριν • (chárin) f

1. (formal, dated) Accusative singular form of χάρις (cháris). - standard: χάρη (chári)

Related terms

• το γοργόν και χάριν έχει (to gorgón kai chárin échei) expression with the accusative of χάρις (cháris)