Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

καλλίκαρπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καλλίκαρπος καλλίκαρπον

Structure: καλλικαρπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. with beautiful fruit

Examples

  • Σώπατροσ δ’ ἐν μὲν Ἱππολύτῳ φησὶν ἀλλ’ οἱᾶ μήτρα καλλίκαρποσ ἐκβολὰσ δίεφθα λευκανθεῖσα τυροῦται δέμασ, ἐν δὲ Φυσιολόγῳ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 58 2:3)
  • καὶ γὰρ ἱπποτρόφοσ ἐστὶν ἀρίστη καὶ καλλίκαρποσ, καὶ πολλοὺσ ἄνδρασ ἀξιολόγουσ ἔσχε καὶ δυναμένουσ ἐλευθερίασ ἀξιολόγωσ προί̈στασθαι καὶ πρὸσ τοὺσ ὑπερκειμένουσ βαρβάρουσ ἰσχυρῶσ ἀντέχειν. (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 3 41:7)
  • δυσάεροσ [δὲ] οὖσα καὶ ὁμιχλώδησ καὶ ἔπομβροσ ἅμα καὶ καυματηρά, καλλίκαρπόσ ἐστιν ὅμωσ· (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 4 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. with beautiful fruit

Related

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

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