χάρμη

χάρμη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of χαίρω (khaírō), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to yearn for”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰár.mɛː/ → /ˈxar.mi/ → /ˈxar.mi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰár.mɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰar.me̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈxar.mi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈxar.mi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈxar.mi/

Noun

χάρμη • (khármē) f (genitive χάρμης); first declension

1. joy of battle, eagerness for combat
2. fighting
3. a battle

Declension

First declension of ἡ χάρμη; τῆς χάρμης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χάρμη hē khármē	τὼ χάρμᾱ tṑ khármā	αἱ χάρμαι hai khármai
Genitive	τῆς χάρμης tês khármēs	τοῖν χάρμαιν toîn khármain	τῶν χαρμῶν tôn kharmôn
Dative	τῇ χάρμῃ têi khármēi	τοῖν χάρμαιν toîn khármain	ταῖς χάρμαις taîs khármais
Accusative	τὴν χάρμην tḕn khármēn	τὼ χάρμᾱ tṑ khármā	τᾱ̀ς χάρμᾱς tā̀s khármās
Vocative	χάρμη khármē	χάρμᾱ khármā	χάρμαι khármai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “χάρμη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• χάρμη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “χάρμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press