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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

  • καὶ κατέφαγον αἱ ἑπτὰ βόεσ αἱ αἰσχραὶ καὶ λεπταὶ ταῖσ σαρξὶ τὰσ ἑπτὰ βόασ τὰσ καλὰσ τῷ εἴδει καὶ τὰσ ἐκλεκτὰσ ταῖσ σαρξί. ἠγέρθη δὲ Φαραώ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:4)
  • καὶ κατέφαγον αἱ ἑπτὰ βόεσ αἱ αἰσχραὶ καὶ λεπταὶ τὰσ ἑπτὰ βόασ τὰσ πρώτασ τὰσ καλὰσ καὶ τὰσ ἐκλεκτάσ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:20)
  • Καὶ ἔσται ὅταν εἰσαγάγῃ σε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ σου εἰσ τὴν γῆν, ἣν ὤμοσε τοῖσ πατράσι σου, τῷ Ἁβραὰμ καὶ τῷ Ἰσαὰκ καὶ τῷ Ἰακὼβ δοῦναί σοι, πόλεισ μεγάλασ καὶ καλάσ, ἃσ οὐκ ᾠκοδόμησασ, (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 6:10)
  • μὴ φαγὼν καὶ ἐμπλησθεὶσ καὶ οἰκίασ καλὰσ οἰκοδομήσασ καὶ κατοικήσασ ἐν αὐταῖς (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 8:12)
  • καλάσ, ἔλεγεν, ἄκων, ᾦ τύραννε, χάριτασ ἡμῖν χαρίζῃ διὰ γενναιοτέρων πόνων ἐπιδείξασθαι παρέχων τὴν εἰσ τὸν νόμον ἡμῶν καρτερίαν. ‐ (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 11:12)

Synonyms

  1. beautiful

  2. good

  3. good

Related

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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