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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 ἐξανέτειλεν ὁ Θεὸσ ἔτι ἐκ τῆσ γῆσ πᾶν ξύλον ὡραῖον εἰσ ὅρασιν καὶ καλὸν εἰσ βρῶσιν καὶ τὸ ξύλον τῆσ ζωῆσ ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ παραδείσου καὶ τὸ ξύλον τοῦ εἰδέναι γνωστὸν καλοῦ καὶ πονηροῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:9)
  • καὶ τιμήσεται αὐτὸ ὁ ἱερεὺσ ἀνὰ μέσον καλοῦ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον πονηροῦ, καὶ καθότι ἂν τιμήσηται αὐτὸ ὁ ἱερεύσ, οὕτω στήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 27:12)
  • καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ. ὁ τοῦ καλοῦ καὶ ἀγαθοῦ ἀνθρώπου υἱόσ. καὶ ἀκούσασ ὅτι Τωβὶτ ἀπώλεσε τοὺσ ὀφθαλμοὺσ ἑαυτοῦ, ἐλυπήθη καὶ ἔκλαυσε. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 7:7)
  • μετὰ αἰσθήσεωσ ἐμπίπλανται ταμιεῖα ἐκ παντὸσ πλούτου τιμίου καὶ καλοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 24:4)
  • ἐχόμενοσ δέ ἐστιν ὁ Ῥίζιοσ ποταμόσ, ἑκατὸν καὶ εἴκοσι σταδίουσ διέχων ἀπὸ τοῦ Καλοῦ. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 7 4:3)

Synonyms

  1. beautiful

  2. good

  3. good

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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