καλλιγύναιξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Bahuvrīhi compound of καλλι- (kalli-, “beautiful”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kal.li.ɡý.nai̯ks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kal.liˈɡy.nɛks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kal.liˈʝy.nɛks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kal.liˈʝy.neks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.liˈʝi.neks/
Adjective
καλλῐγύναιξ • (kallĭgúnaix) m or f; third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | καλλῐγῠ́ναιξ kallĭgŭ́naix | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | καλλῐγῠ́ναικος kallĭgŭ́naikos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | καλλῐγῠ́ναικῐ kallĭgŭ́naikĭ | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | καλλῐγῠ́ναικᾰ kallĭgŭ́naikă | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | καλλῐγῠ́ναιξ kallĭgŭ́naix | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “καλλιγύναιξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- καλλιγύναιξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- καλλιγύναιξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “καλλιγύναιξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “καλλιγύναιξ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter