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καλλίστευμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: καλλίστευμα καλλίστευματος

Structure: καλλιστευματ (Stem)

Etym.: from kallisteu/w

Sense

  1. exceeding beauty
  2. the first-fruits of beauty or the most beautiful

Examples

  • ἄλλην δὲ νύμφην ἐσ δόμουσ κτῆσαι λαβών, ἐπεὶ θεοὶ τῷ τῆσδε καλλιστεύματι Ἕλληνασ εἰσ ἓν καὶ Φρύγασ συνήγαγον, θανάτουσ τ’ ἔθηκαν, ὡσ ἀπαντλοῖεν χθονὸσ ὕβρισμα θνητῶν ἀφθόνου πληρώματοσ. (Euripides, episode, iambic 2:7)

Synonyms

  1. exceeding beauty

  2. the first-fruits of beauty or the most beautiful

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

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