Καλλίμαχος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κᾰλλῐ́μᾰχος (kallímakhos, “fighting nobly”), from κάλλος (kállos, “beauty, nobility”) + μᾰ́χη (mákhē, “fight”) + -ος (-os, masculine nominal ending).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kal.lí.ma.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kalˈli.ma.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kalˈli.ma.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kalˈli.ma.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kaˈli.ma.xos/
Proper noun
Κᾰλλῐ́μᾰχος • (Kallímakhos) m (genitive Κᾰλλῐμᾰ́χου); second declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Callimachus
- in particular, the Hellenistic scholar and poet Callimachus
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Κᾰλλῐ́μᾰχος ho Kallímakhos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Κᾰλλῐμᾰ́χου toû Kallimákhou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Κᾰλλῐμᾰ́χῳ tôi Kallimákhōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Κᾰλλῐ́μᾰχον tòn Kallímakhon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Κᾰλλῐ́μᾰχε Kallímakhe | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Καλλίμαχος (Kallímachos)
- Latin: Callimachus
- Armenian: Կալիմաքոս (Kalimakʻos)
- Georgian: კალიმაქე (ḳalimake)
- Russian: Каллима́х (Kallimáx)
References
- “Καλλίμαχος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004
- “Καλλίμαχος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011