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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

  • ἐὰν δὲ συναγάγωσι χρυσίον καὶ ἀργύριον καὶ πᾶν πρᾶγμα ὡραῖον καὶ ἴδωσι γυναῖκα μίαν καλὴν τῷ εἴδει καὶ τῷ κάλλει, (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 4:18)
  • ὡσ δὲ εἶδον αὐτὴν καὶ ἦν ἠλλοιωμένον τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῆσ καὶ τὴν στολὴν μεταβεβληκυῖαν αὐτῆσ, καὶ ἐθαύμασαν ἐπὶ τῷ κάλλει αὐτῆσ ἐπὶ πολὺ σφόδρα καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῇ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 10:7)
  • ὡσ δὲ ἤκουσαν οἱ ἄνδρεσ τὰ ρήματα αὐτῆσ καὶ κατενόησαν τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῆσ —καὶ ἦν ἐναντίον αὐτῶν θαυμάσιον τῷ κάλλει σφόδρα— καὶ εἶπαν πρὸσ αὐτήν. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 10:14)
  • καὶ ἐθαύμαζον ἐπὶ τῷ κάλλει αὐτῆσ καὶ ἐθαύμαζον τοὺσ υἱοὺσ Ἰσραὴλ ἀπ̓ αὐτῆσ, καὶ εἶπεν ἕκαστοσ πρὸσ τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ. τίσ καταφρονήσει τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου, ὃσ ἔχει ἐν ἑαυτῷ γυναῖκασ τοιαύτασ̣ ὅτι οὐ καλόν ἐστιν ὑπολείπεσθαι ἐξ αὐτῶν ἄνδρα ἕνα, οἳ ἀφεθέντεσ δυνήσονται κατασοφίσασθαι πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 10:19)
  • ὡσ δὲ ἦλθε κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ Ἰουδὶθ καὶ τῶν θεραπόντων αὐτοῦ, ἐθαύμασαν πάντεσ ἐπὶ τῷ κάλλει τοῦ προσώπου αὐτῆσ. καὶ πεσοῦσα ἐπὶ πρόσωπον προσεκύνησεν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἤγειραν αὐτὴν οἱ δοῦλοι αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 10:23)

Synonyms

  1. beauty

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