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καλός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καλός καλή καλόν

Structure: καλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. beautiful, lovely
  2. good, quality, useful
  3. good, right, moral, virtuous, noble

Declension

First/Second 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

  • ἰδόντεσ δὲ οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ τὰσ θυγατέρασ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ὅτι καλαί εἰσιν, ἔλαβον ἑαυτοῖσ γυναῖκασ ἀπὸ πασῶν, ὧν ἐξελέξαντο. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 6:2)
  • καὶ ἰδοὺ ὥσπερ ἐκ τοῦ ποταμοῦ ἀνέβαινον ἑπτὰ βόεσ καλαὶ τῷ εἴδει καὶ ἐκλεκταὶ ταῖσ σαρξὶ καὶ ἐβόσκοντο ἐν τῷ Ἄχει. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:2)
  • καὶ ὥσπερ ἐκ τοῦ ποταμοῦ ἀνέβαινον ἑπτὰ βόεσ καλαὶ τῷ εἴδει καὶ ἐκλεκταὶ ταῖσ σαρξί, καὶ ἐνέμοντο ἐν τῷ Ἄχει. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:18)
  • αἱ ἑπτὰ βόεσ αἱ καλαὶ ἑπτὰ ἔτη ἐστί, καὶ οἱ ἑπτὰ στάχυεσ οἱ καλοὶ ἑπτὰ ἔτη ἐστί. τὸ ἐνύπνιον Φαραὼ ἕν ἐστι, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:26)
  • αἱ ὁδοὶ αὐτῆσ ὁδοὶ καλαί, καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ τρίβοι αὐτῆσ ἐν εἰρήνῃ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 3:17)

Synonyms

  1. beautiful

  2. good

  3. good

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