the Charites or Graces (pure Lat. Gratiae), usu. three, Aglaia , Euphrosyne , and Thalia (cf., however, Lidd. and Scott under the word), Ov.F. 5, 219; Sen.Ben. 1, 4, 4; Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 32.—In sing. acc. Gr. Charita, one of the Graces , Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 79.