καλόν

καλόν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κᾱ́λον (kā́lon), καλϝόν (kalwón) – Epic, Aeolic, Boeotian

Pronunciation

• (8^th BCE Epic) IPA^(key): /kaː.lón/[1]

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.lón/ → /kaˈlon/ → /kaˈlon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.lón/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈlon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈlon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈlon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈlon/

Adjective

κᾱλόν • (kālón) (Epic, poetic)

1. inflection of κᾱλός (kālós, “beautiful, lovely; beauteous, fair, good, fine; admirable, honorable, noble; moral, virtuous”):
   1. masculine accusative singular
   2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular

κᾰλόν • (kalón) (Attic, Koine)

1. inflection of κᾰλός (kalós, “beautiful, lovely; beauteous, fair, good, fine; admirable, honorable, noble; moral, virtuous”):
   1. masculine accusative singular
   2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular

1. The /α/ is short by nature, but because the word was originally καλϝόν (kalwón), the first syllable scans as heavy in Homer.