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Latest revision as of 09:29, 22 April 2020
- 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.
