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κάλλος

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: κάλλος κάλλεος

Structure: καλλο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: kalo/s

Sense

  1. beauty
  2. a beautiful person or thing

Declension

Third declension

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

  • πᾶσαν μὲν ἱστορίαν οἶσθα, πάσασ δὲ λόγων τέχνασ καὶ κάλλη αὐτῶν καὶ κακίασ καὶ ὀνομάτων χρῆσιν τῶν Ἀττικῶν πάνσοφόν τι χρῆμα καὶ ἄκρον ἐν παιδείᾳ γεγένησαι διὰ τὸ πλῆθοσ τῶν βιβλίων. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 26:4)
  • ἢ τῷ μὲν Ἀχιλλεῖ πιστεύομεν τὴν ὄψιν τῶν ὅπλων ἐπιτεῖναι κατὰ τῶν Φρυγῶν τὴν ὀργήν, καὶ ἐπεὶ ἐνέδυ αὐτὰ πειρώμενοσ, ἐπαρθῆναι καὶ πτερωθῆναι, πρὸσ τὴν τοῦ πολέμου ἐπιθυμίαν, λόγου δὲ σπουδὴν μὴ ἐπιτείνεσθαι πρὸσ κάλλη χωρίων; (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 4:5)
  • τὸν δὲ ἄλλον κόσμον καὶ τὰ τῶν τοίχων γράμματα καὶ τῶν χρωμάτων τὰ κάλλη καὶ τὸ ἐναργὲσ ἑκάστου καὶ τὸ ἀκριβὲσ καὶ τὸ ἀληθὲσ ἐάροσ ὄψει καὶ λειμῶνι δὲ εὐανθεῖ καλῶσ ἂν ἔχοι παραβαλεῖν· (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 9:2)
  • οὐ γὰρ οὕτω λέγων ἄν τισ προσβιβάσειέν σε τῇ ἡδονῇ τῶν ἐκεῖ δρωμένων, ὡσ εἰ καθεζόμενοσ αὐτὸσ ἐν μέσοισ τοῖσ θεαταῖσ βλέποισ ἀρετὰσ ἀνδρῶν καὶ κάλλη σωμάτων καὶ εὐεξίασ θαυμαστὰσ καὶ ἐμπειρίασ δεινὰσ καὶ ἰσχὺν ἄμαχον καὶ τόλμαν καὶ φιλοτιμίαν καὶ γνώμασ ἀηττήτουσ καὶ σπουδὴν ἄλεκτον ὑπὲρ τῆσ νίκησ. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 12:2)
  • νὴ Δί’, ὦ Σόλων, καὶ ἐπιγελῶν γε προσέτι καὶ ἐπιχλευάζων ἅπαντα γὰρ ὁπόσα κατηριθμήσω ἐκεῖνα, τὰσ ἀρετὰσ καὶ τὰσ εὐεξίασ καὶ τὰ κάλλη καὶ τόλμαν, ὁρῶ οὐδενὸσ μεγάλου ἕνεκα παραπολλυμένασ ὑμῖν, οὔτε πατρίδοσ κινδυνευούσησ οὔτε χώρασ πορθουμένησ οὔτε φίλων ἢ οἰκείων πρὸσ ὕβριν ἀπαγομένων. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 13:1)

Synonyms

  1. beauty

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