proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Charisius
Charisius m sg (genitive Charisiī or Charisī)
Classical[kʰaˈrɪ.si.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[kaˈriː.s̬i.us]
Meaning
- masculinesingularAn Athenian orator, imitator of Lysias.
nec nihil profecto viderunt, qui orationes, quae Charisii nomini addicuntur, a Menandro scriptas putant.
c. AD 95, M. Fabius Quintilianus (aut.), H.E. Butler (ed.), Institutio Oratoria (1922), bk X, ch. i, § 70 - masculinesingularFlavius Sosipater Charisius (a Latin grammarian in the fourth Christian century)
- masculinesingularAurelius Arcadius Charisius (a Roman jurist of the time of Constantine the Great)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Charisius | — |
| genitive | Charisiī Charisī | — |
| dative | Charisiō | — |
| accusative | Charisium | — |
| ablative | Charisiō | — |
| vocative | Charisī | — |
Chărĭsĭus, ĭi, m., = Χαρίσιος.
II. Flavius Sosipater Charisius, a Latin grammarian in the fourth Christian century.—
III. A Roman jurist of the time of Constantine the Great.
Origins
From the Ancient Greek Χαρίσιος (Kharísios), from χάρις (kháris, “goodwill, favor, grace”).