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κάλλιον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: κάλλιον

Structure: καλλι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κάλλιον καλλίω κάλλια
Genitive καλλίου καλλίοιν καλλίων
Dative καλλίῳ καλλίοιν καλλίοις
Accusative κάλλιον καλλίω κάλλια
Vocative κάλλιον καλλίω κάλλια

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τὰ γὰρ τοιαῦτα κρίνειν τῶν ἁβρῶν μᾶλλον καὶ ἀστικῶν τὸ δὲ ἐμόν, αἶγα μὲν αἰγὸσ ὁποτέρα ἡ ^ καλλίων καὶ δάμαλιν ἄλλησ δαμάλεωσ, τάχ’ ἂν δικάσαιμι κατὰ τὴν τέχνην αὗται δὲ πᾶσαί τε ὁμοίωσ καλαὶ καὶ οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅπωσ ἄν τισ ἀπὸ τῆσ ἑτέρασ ἐπὶ τὴν ἑτέραν μεταγάγοι τὴν ὄψιν ἀποσπάσασ· (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 7:14)
  • ἔστι δὲ ὁ Ἆπισ ἐξ ἀγέλησ θεόσ, ἐπὶ τῷ προτέρῳ χειροτονούμενοσ ὡσ πολὺ καλλίων καὶ σεμνότεροσ τῶν ἰδιωτῶν Βοῶν. (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 15:4)
  • ὅσῳ γὰρ ἂν ὑμῖν καλλίων φαίνηται, τοσῷδε ὑπεναντίοσ τῇ τοῦ λέγοντοσ χρείᾳ δειχθήσεται. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 15:2)
  • ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἡ κνῖσα ἡ τῶν σκευαζομένων εἰσ τὸ δεῖπνον ἀπέκναιέ με, ὥστε ὑπεράνθρωπόσ τισ ἀνὴρ καὶ τρισόλβιόσ μοι κατεφαίνετο καὶ μονονουχὶ πάντων ^ καλλίων καὶ ὑψηλότεροσ ὅλῳ πήχει βασιλικῷ, ἐπαιρόμενοσ τῇ τύχῃ καὶ σεμνῶσ προβαίνων καὶ ἑαυτὸν ἐξυπτιάζων καὶ τοὺσ ἐντυγχάνοντασ ἐκπλήττων. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 16:5)
  • ἢ τῷ διαγνῷ τισ ἐνταῦθα εἰ καλλίων Φρύνησ Σιμίχη; (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 22:3)

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

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