κάλλος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κᾰλός (kălós, “good, beautiful, noble”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kál.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkal.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkal.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkal.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈka.los/
Noun
κᾰ́λλος • (kắllos) n (genitive κᾰ́λλεος or κάλλους); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κᾰ́λλος tò kắllos |
τὼ κᾰ́λλει tṑ kắllei |
τᾰ̀ κᾰ́λλη tằ kắllē | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κᾰ́λλους toû kắllous |
τοῖν κᾰλλοῖν toîn kălloîn |
τῶν κᾰλλῶν tôn kăllôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κᾰ́λλει tōî kắllei |
τοῖν κᾰλλοῖν toîn kălloîn |
τοῖς κᾰ́λλεσῐ / κᾰ́λλεσῐν toîs kắllesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κᾰ́λλος tò kắllos |
τὼ κᾰ́λλει tṑ kắllei |
τᾰ̀ κᾰ́λλη tằ kắllē | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰ́λλος kắllos |
κᾰ́λλει kắllei |
κᾰ́λλη kắllē | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Καλλίας (Kallías)
- Καλλικλῆς (Kalliklês)
- Κᾰλλῐκρᾰ́της (Kăllĭkrắtēs)
- Καλλικρατίδας (Kallikratídas)
- Καλλίμαχος (Kallímakhos)
- Καλλίξενος (Kallíxenos)
- Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē)
- καλλιπάρῃος (kallipárēios)
- καλλίπυγος (kallípugos)
- Καλλισθένης (Kallisthénēs)
- Καλλίστη (Kallístē)
- Καλλίστρατος (Kallístratos)
- Καλλιστώ (Kallistṓ)
- Καλλιφῶν (Kalliphôn)
- περικαλλής (perikallḗs)
Descendants
- Greek: κάλλος (kállos)
- Mariupol Greek: кало́с (kalós)
References
- “κάλλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κάλλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κάλλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κάλλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κάλλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- beauty idem, page 68.
- comeliness idem, page 145.
- elegance idem, page 265.
- fineness idem, page 321.
- grace idem, page 368.
- loveliness idem, page 502.
- spruceness idem, page 806.
- κάλλος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κάλλος (kállos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈka.los/
Noun
κάλλος • (kállos) n (plural κάλλη)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | κάλλος (kállos) | κάλλη (kálli) |
| genitive | κάλλους (kállous) | - |
| accusative | κάλλος (kállos) | κάλλη (kálli) |
| vocative | κάλλος (kállos) | κάλλη (kálli) |
Related terms
- καλλιγραφία f (kalligrafía, “calligraphy”)
Further reading
- κάλλος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language