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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Bahuvrīhi compound of καλλι- (kalli-, “beautiful”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kal.li.ɡý.nai̯ks/ → /kal.liˈʝy.nɛks/ → /ka.liˈʝi.neks/
Adjective
καλλῐγύναιξ • (kalligúnaix) m or f; third declension
- (Epic) having beautiful women (epithet of various countries)
Declension
καλλῐγύ̆ναιξ
kalligúnaix
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καλλῐγῠ́ναικος
kalligúnaikos
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καλλῐγῠ́ναικῐ
kalligúnaiki
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καλλῐγῠ́ναικᾰ
kalligúnaika
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καλλῐγύ̆ναιξ
kalligúnaix
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- Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
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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