χαριστήριος

A. of or for thanksgiving, θυσία D.H. 1.88: so in pl., Id. 10.17,54, IGRom. 4.566.19 (Aezani, ii A. D.); ἀπαρχαί Ph. 2.236; ἀμοιβαί D.H. 1.6; ὕμνος Jul. Or. 4.158a: c. gen., θυσία χ. ὑδάτων D.H. 1.55, cf. Plu. Lyc. 11.

II. Subst., χαριστήριον,τό, thank-offering, IG 22.3003,4798, 7.3100 (Lebad.), Plu. Caes. 57, Ath. 15.672a, etc.: freq. in pl. χαριστήρια,τά, thank-offerings, χ. τοῖς θεοῖς ἀποτελεῖν X. Cyr. 4.1.2; ὀφειλήσειν ib.7.2.28; προσφέρειν, θῦσαι, D.S. 5.31, 20.76: c. gen., θύειν τοῖς θεοῖς χ. τῶν εὐτυχημάτων Plb. 21.2.2; χ. τροφῶν ἀποδιδόναι Luc. Patr.Enc. 7; τῇ Ἑκάτῃ χ. τῆς νίκης ἑορτάζειν Plu. 2.862a; χ. ἐλευθερίας, in memory of the liberation by Thrasybulus on 12th Boëdromion, ib.349f, cf. Neanth. 9J., OGI 654.8 (Egypt. i B.C.); = Lat. supplicatio, Plu. Cam. 7.