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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
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative καλός καλή καλόν
Genitive καλοῦ καλῆς καλοῦ
Dative καλῷ καλῇ καλῷ
Accusative καλόν καλήν καλόν
Vocative καλέ καλή καλόν
DualN/A/V καλώ καλᾱ́ καλώ
G/D καλοῖν καλαῖν καλοῖν
PluralNominative καλοί καλαί καλά
Genitive καλῶν καλῶν καλῶν
Dative καλοῖς καλαῖς καλοῖς
Accusative καλούς καλᾱ́ς καλά
Vocative καλοί καλαί καλά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective καλός καλοῦ καλλίων καλλιονός καλλίστος καλλιστοῦ
Adverb καλώς καλλίον καλλίστα

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 ἐνυπνιάσθη τὸ δεύτερον, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἑπτὰ στάχυεσ ἀνέβαινον ἐν τῷ πυθμένι ἑνὶ ἐκλεκτοὶ καὶ καλοί. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:5)
  • καὶ εἶδον πάλιν ἐν τῷ ὕπνῳ μου, καὶ ὥσπερ ἑπτὰ στάχυεσ ἀνέβαινον ἐν πυθμένι ἑνὶ πλήρεισ καὶ καλοί. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:22)
  • 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)
  • ὡσ καλοὶ οἱ οἶκοί σου Ἰακώβ, αἱ σκηναί σου Ἰσραήλ! (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 24:5)
  • οἱ ἀδελφοί μου καλοὶ καὶ μεγάλοι, καὶ οὐκ εὐδόκησεν ἐν αὐτοῖσ ὁ Κύριοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 150:10)

Synonyms

  1. beautiful

  2. good

  3. good

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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