καλλίας

See also: Καλλίας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • καλλίαρ (kallíar) — Doric
  • καλλίης (kallíēs) — Ionic

Etymology

According to Beekes, perhaps a euphemistic usage of the personal name Καλλίας (Kallías), which has been connected with κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

καλλίᾱς • (kallíās) m (genitive καλλίου); first declension

  1. A kind of tame monkey

Inflection

First declension of ὁ καλλίᾱς; τοῦ καλλίου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ καλλίᾱς
ho kallíās 		τὼ καλλίᾱ
tṑ kallíā 		οἱ καλλίαι
hoi kallíai
Genitive τοῦ καλλίου
toû kallíou 		τοῖν καλλίαιν
toîn kallíain 		τῶν καλλιῶν
tôn kalliôn
Dative τῷ καλλίᾳ
tōî kallíāi 		τοῖν καλλίαιν
toîn kallíain 		τοῖς καλλίαις
toîs kallíais
Accusative τὸν καλλίᾱν
tòn kallíān 		τὼ καλλίᾱ
tṑ kallíā 		τοὺς καλλίᾱς
toùs kallíās
Vocative καλλίᾱ
kallíā 		καλλίᾱ
kallíā 		καλλίαι
kallíai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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