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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

  • Φοίνισσα Σιδωνιὰσ ὦ ταχεῖα κώπα, ῥοθίοισι μάτηρ εἰρεσίασ φίλα, χοραγὲ τῶν καλλιχόρων δελφίνων, ὅταν αὔραισ πέλαγοσ ἀνήνεμον ᾖ, γλαυκὰ δὲ Πόντου θυγάτηρ Γαλάνεια τάδ’ εἴπῃ· (Euripides, Helen, choral, strophe 11)

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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