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Latin
Etymology
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calli- (beautiful)
-kles (kleos: fame, glory)
Proper noun
Calliclēs m sg (genitive Calliclis); third declension
- a male given name, character in the play Truculentus of Plautus
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Callicles”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Callicles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.