Καλλιστώ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κάλλιστος (kállistos, “sheenest”) +‎ -ώ (-ṓ), thus literally meaning "the most beautiful one".

Proper noun

Καλλιστώ • (Kallistṓ) f (genitive Καλλιστοῦς); third declension

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Callisto

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Καλλιστώ; τῆς Καλλιστοῦς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Καλλιστώ
hē Kallistṓ
Genitive τῆς Καλλιστοῦς
tês Kallistoûs
Dative τῇ Καλλιστοῖ
tēî Kallistoî
Accusative τὴν Καλλιστώ
tḕn Kallistṓ
Vocative Καλλιστοῖ
Kallistoî
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

  • “Καλλιστώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
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