καλός κἀγαθός
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Shortened by crasis from the classical Platonic philosophical phrase καλός καί ἀγαθός (kalós kaí agathós, “beautiful and good”), formed from καλός (kalós, “beautiful”) + καί (kaí, “and”) + ἀγαθός (agathós, “good”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.lós kaː.ɡa.tʰós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kaˈlos ka.ɡaˈtʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kaˈlos ka.ɣaˈθos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kaˈlos ka.ɣaˈθos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kaˈlos ka.ɣaˈθos/
Phrase
κᾰλός κᾱ̓γᾰθός • (kălós kāgăthós) m (genitive κᾰλοῦ κᾱ̓γᾰθοῦ); second declension (idiomatic, philosophy)
- imbued with kalokagathia; beautiful and good, handsome and brave; noble, virtuous, knightly, gentlemanly, chivalrous, honorable, heroic; possessing the attributes of a man harmonious in mind and body, strong in both spiritual and physical virtue
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ κᾰλός κᾱ̓γᾰθός ho kălós kāgăthós |
τὼ κᾰλώ κᾱ̓γᾰθώ tṑ kălṓ kāgăthṓ |
οἱ κᾰλοί κᾱ̓γᾰθοί hoi kăloí kāgăthoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κᾰλοῦ κᾱ̓γᾰθοῦ toû kăloû kāgăthoû |
τοῖν κᾰλοῖν κᾱ̓γᾰθοῖν toîn kăloîn kāgăthoîn |
τῶν κᾰλῶν κᾱ̓γᾰθῶν tôn kălôn kāgăthôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κᾰλῷ κᾱ̓γᾰθῷ tôi kălôi kāgăthôi |
τοῖν κᾰλοῖν κᾱ̓γᾰθοῖν toîn kăloîn kāgăthoîn |
τοῖς κᾰλοῖς κᾱ̓γᾰθοῖς toîs kăloîs kāgăthoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κᾰλόν κᾱ̓γᾰθόν tòn kălón kāgăthón |
τὼ κᾰλώ κᾱ̓γᾰθώ tṑ kălṓ kāgăthṓ |
τοὺς κᾰλούς κᾱ̓γᾰθούς toùs kăloús kāgăthoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰλέ κᾱ̓γᾰθέ kălé kāgăthé |
κᾰλώ κᾱ̓γᾰθώ kălṓ kāgăthṓ |
κᾰλοί κᾱ̓γᾰθοί kăloí kāgăthoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κᾰλοκᾱ̓γᾰθίᾱ (kălokāgăthíā)
- κᾰλοκᾱ̓́γᾰθος (kălokā́găthos, “gentleman”)
See also
- mens sana in corpore sano (“healthy mind in a healthy body”)