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ἀκαλλής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκαλλής ἀκαλλές

Structure: ἀκαλλη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ka/llos

Sense

  1. without charms

Examples

  • ὅτι δὲ καὶ χρήσιμα ταῦτα γεγένηται τοῖσ θεοῖσ, οὕτωσ ἂν μάθοισ, εἰ ἐπιβλέψειασ ἅπασαν τὴν γῆν οὐκέτ’ αὐχμηρὰν καὶ ἀκαλλῆ οὖσαν, ἀλλὰ πόλεσι καὶ γεωργίαισ καὶ φυτοῖσ ἡμέροισ διακεκοσμημένην καὶ τὴν θάλατταν πλεομένην καὶ τὰσ νήσουσ κατοικουμένασ, ἁπανταχοῦ δὲ βωμοὺσ καὶ θυσίασ καὶ ναοὺσ καὶ πανηγύρεισ· (Lucian, Prometheus, (no name) 13:7)
  • καθορῶσαν γὰρ ἑκάστην τὴν εἰκόνα τῆσ ὄψεωσ ἀκαλλῆ καὶ ἄμορφον, ἀφιέναι τὰ φρυάγματα λέγεται καὶ προσδέχεσθαι τὰσ τῶν ὄνων ἐπιβάσεισ. (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 9 12:2)
  • "ἦν δέ τισ ὡσ ἐοίκε μῖξισ καὶ ἄρτυσισ, ὥσ που καὶ νῦν ἀνακεραννύντεσ ἀργύρῳ χρυσὸν ἰδίαν τινὰ καὶ περιττὴν ἐμοὶ δὲ φαινομένην νοσώδη χλωρότητα καὶ φθορὰν ἀκαλλῆ παρέχουσι. (Plutarch, De Pythiae oraculis, section 2 6:4)

Synonyms

  1. without charms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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