χάρμα

charma

source of joy, delight

Appears 9 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 7
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Book 3 1
Chapter ?

351
Book 6 1
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682
Book 10 1
Chapter ?

10193
Book 14 1
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14325
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17636
Book 23 1
Chapter ?

23342
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24706
Odyssey 2
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Book 6 1
Chapter ?

6185
Book 19 1
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19471

Dictionary (LSJ)

χάρμα, ατος, τό, (χαίρω): I. in concrete sense, source of joy, delight, χ. γενέσθαι or ἔσσεσθαί τινι, Il. 17.636, 23.342; χ. φίλοις Thgn. 692; χ. μεῖζον ἐλπίδος κλύειν A. Ag. 266, cf. S. Fr. 636.1; μᾶζαν, ἣν . . Δηὼ βροτοῖσι χ. δωρεῖται Antiph. 1; of victory in the games, ἄπονον ἔλαβον χ. Pi. O. 10 (11).22; καλλίνικον χ. Id. I. 5 (4). 54: freq. in pl., Od. 6.185; μὴ γείτοσι χάρματα γήμῃς Hes. Op. 701, cf. Max. 87 (sg.); χάρματʼ Ἐρινύος, χάρματα θηρῶν, E. Ph. 1503, Supp. 282 (both lyr.); χάρματʼ ἄλλοις ἔθηκεν, ἐμβαλεῖν χ. ἀνθρώποισι, Pi. O. 2.99, 7.44; ἀντιδιδόναι A. Eu. 984 (lyr.). 2. source of malignant joy, Il. 3.51, 6.82, al.; λυπρά, χάρματα δʼ ἐχθροῖς A. Pers. 1034 (lyr.). II. in abstract sense, joy, delight, τὴν δʼ ἅμα χ. καὶ ἄλγος ἕλε φρένα Od. 19.471, cf. h.Cer. 371, Hes. Sc. 400.—Poet. and late Prose, Plu. Mar. 46.

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