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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κᾰλός (kalós, “good, beautiful, noble”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kál.los/ → /ˈkal.los/ → /ˈka.los/
Noun
κᾰ́λλος • (kállos) n (genitive κᾰ́λλεος or κάλλους); third declension
- beauty
- nobility
- a beautiful person or thing
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “κάλλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κάλλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κάλλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κάλλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κάλλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- “κάλλος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κάλλος (kállos).
Pronunciation
Noun
κάλλος • (kállos) n (plural κάλλη)
- beauty
Declension
Declension of κάλλος
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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κάλλος (kállos)
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κάλλη (kálli)
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genitive
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κάλλους (kállous)
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accusative
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κάλλος (kállos)
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κάλλη (kálli)
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vocative
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κάλλος (kállos)
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κάλλη (kálli)
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