κάλλος
See also: κάλος and καλός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κᾰλός (kalós, “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 • (kállos) n (genitive κᾰ́λλεος or κάλλους); third declension
- beauty
- nobility
- a beautiful person or thing
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ κᾰ́λλος; τοῦ κᾰ́λλους (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ κᾰ́λλος tò kállos | τὼ κᾰ́λλει tṑ kállei | τᾰ̀ κᾰ́λλη tà kállē | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κᾰ́λλους toû kállous | τοῖν κᾰλλοῖν toîn kalloîn | τῶν κᾰλλῶν tôn kallôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κᾰ́λλει tôi kállei | τοῖν κᾰλλοῖν toîn kalloîn | τοῖς κᾰ́λλεσῐ / κᾰ́λλεσῐν toîs kállesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ κᾰ́λλος tò kállos | τὼ κᾰ́λλει tṑ kállei | τᾰ̀ κᾰ́λλη tà kállē | ||||||||||
Vocative | κᾰ́λλος kállos | κᾰ́λλει kállei | κᾰ́λλη kállē | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Καλλίας (Kallías)
- Καλλικλῆς (Kalliklês)
- Κᾰλλῐκρᾰ́της (Kallikrátēs)
- 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)
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, 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.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κάλλος (kállos).
Noun
κάλλος • (kállos) n (plural κάλλη)
- beauty
Declension
declension of κάλλος
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | κάλλος • | κάλλη • |
genitive | κάλλους • | — |
accusative | κάλλος • | κάλλη • |
vocative | κάλλος • | κάλλη • |
Related terms
- καλλιγραφία f (kalligrafía, “calligraphy”)