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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kál.li.on/ → /ˈkal.li.on/ → /ˈka.li.on/
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
κάλλῐον • (kállion)
- inflection of καλλίων (kallíōn):
- neuter nominative/accusative singular
- masculine/feminine/neuter vocative singular
Adverb
κάλλιον • (kállion)
- compd of καλῶς (kalôs)
Descendants
Etymology 2
Noun
κάλλῐον • (kállion) n (genitive καλλίου); second declension
- a precinct used as a court at Athens
- a board or bench of magistrates
Declension
Further reading
- “κάλλιον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κάλλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κάλλιον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “κάλλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G2566 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.