gratia gratiam parit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Calque of Ancient Greek ἡ χάρις χάριν φέρει (hē kháris khárin phérei), from Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 779.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡraː.ti.a ˈɡraː.ti.am ˈpa.rit/, [ˈɡräːt̪iä ˈɡräːt̪iä̃ˑ ˈpärɪt̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡrat.t͡si.a ˈɡrat.t͡si.am ˈpa.rit/, [ˈɡrät̪ː͡s̪iä ˈɡrät̪ː͡s̪iäm ˈpäːrit̪]
Proverb edit
grātia grātiam parit (New Latin)
- kindness results in kindness
- 1726, Adriaan van Cattenburgh, S. S. Theologiæ inter Remonstrantes Professoris, Spicilegium Theologiæ Christianæ Philippi a Limborch […], page 901:
- Gratificatio provocat benefactorem ad plura & majora beneficia: gratia gratiam parit.
- Showing kindness provokes a benefactor to further and greater favours: kindness begets kindness.