κάλλιον
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kál.li.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkal.li.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkal.li.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkal.li.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈka.li.on/
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
κάλλῐον • (kállĭon)
- inflection of καλλίων (kallíōn):
- neuter nominative/accusative singular
- masculine/feminine/neuter vocative singular
Adverb
κάλλιον • (kállion)
- compd of καλῶς (kalôs)
Descendants
Etymology 2
Noun
κάλλῐον • (kállĭon) n (genitive καλλίου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κάλλῐον tò kállĭon |
τὼ καλλῐ́ω tṑ kallĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ κάλλῐᾰ tằ kállĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ καλλῐ́ου toû kallĭ́ou |
τοῖν καλλῐ́οιν toîn kallĭ́oin |
τῶν καλλῐ́ων tôn kallĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ καλλῐ́ῳ tōî kallĭ́ōi |
τοῖν καλλῐ́οιν toîn kallĭ́oin |
τοῖς καλλῐ́οις toîs kallĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κάλλῐον tò kállĭon |
τὼ καλλῐ́ω tṑ kallĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ κάλλῐᾰ tằ kállĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κάλλῐον kállĭon |
καλλῐ́ω kallĭ́ō |
κάλλῐᾰ kállĭă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “κάλλιον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κάλλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κάλλιον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “κάλλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G2566 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- better idem, page 77.