Charis
Chăris, ĭtis, v. Charites.
Charis, itos, Akk. ita, f. (Χάρις), die Charitin, Grazie, Huldgöttin (rein lat. Gratia), deesse illam suam Venerem dicebat, quam Graeci Charita vocant, Plin. 35, 79. – gew. Plur. Charites, um, f., die Charitinnen, Grazien, gew. drei: Aglaja, Euphrosyne u. Thalia, Ov. fast. 5, 219. Plin. 36, 32.
Chăris, (15) ĭtos, f. , nom grec des Grâces : Plin. 36, 32 || v. Charites.
Charierum. Gall.
Per redditus et servitia dicto feodo pertinentia, videlicet karrucam, hercam et Charim semel in anno.
Charis
(Χάρις). A name applied by Homer (Il. xviii. 382) to the wife of Hephaestus. In the Odyssey, on the other hand (viii. 267), Aphrodité is named as his spouse. It amounts to the same thing in the figurative explanation of the myth, since Grace and Beauty were both regarded as the characteristics of Hephaestus's labours. See Charites.