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καλλίχορος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καλλίχορος καλλίχορον

Structure: καλλιχορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: I, epic for kalli/xwros, II from xo/ros

Sense

  1. with beautiful places
  2. of or for beautiful dances, the fount of goodly dances
  3. beautiful in the dance

Examples

  • [οὔ τι δόλοσ κακόφρων] παῖδ’ ἐν χθονὶ καλλιχόρῳ ποικίλαισ τέχναισ πέλασσεν· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 11 3:1)
  • ἀλλά νιν εὑροῖσ’ ἀνδράσι θνατοῖσ ἔχειν, ὠνόμασεν κεφαλᾶν πολλᾶν νόμον, εὐκλεᾶ λαοσσόων μναστῆρ’ ἀγώνων, λεπτοῦ διανισσόμενον χαλκοῦ θαμὰ καὶ δονάκων, τοὶ παρὰ καλλιχόρῳ ναίοισι πόλει Χαρίτων. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 12 7:2)

Synonyms

  1. with beautiful places

  2. beautiful in the dance

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

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