Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

καλλιστεῖον

Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καλλιστεῖον

Etym.: kallisteu/w

Sense

  1. the prize of beauty
  2. the meed of valour

Examples

  • ἄλλωσ τε καὶ ἀνάγκη, μιᾷ τὸ καλλιστεῖον ἀποδόντα πάντωσ ἀπεχθάνεσθαι ταῖσ πλείοσιν. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 1:3)
  • παῖδ’ οὖν ἐν οἴκοισ σὴ Κλυταιμήστρα δάμαρ τίκτει ‐ τὸ καλλιστεῖον εἰσ ἔμ’ ἀναφέρων ‐ ἣν χρή σε θῦσαι. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 1:8)

Synonyms

  1. the prize of beauty

  2. the meed of valour

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

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