O Charis! O Charissima!

• O Kale! O Chariessa! is a verse from the poet Sappho [see Harvard 1982, ed D A Campbell #108]

• • The meaning of the fragment is something to the

effect "Oh beauty! Oh grace!" I think maybe it is in the vocative? [Source]

• χάρις (genitive χάριτος) f, 3rd declension; (kharis)

      1. beauty, elegance, charm, grace
      2. a favourable disposition towards someone: grace, favor, goodwill
      3. a voluntary act of goodwill
      4. gratitude, thanks
      5. influence (opposite force)
      6. gratification, delight

• • Kari, a female name in England and a male name in some Nordic countries, is apparently derived from this word

• carō Lat, n (genitive carnis); f, third declension

   1. meat, flesh
   2. pulp of a fruit

• • Therein the Fr. 'chair' (flesh)

• Charis and Charissima are related to Charity and Charisma, and Charity refers to Love.