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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

  • σὺ δὲ ἀπελεύσῃ πρὸσ τοὺσ πατέρασ σου ἐν εἰρήνῃ, τραφεὶσ ἐν γήρᾳ καλῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 15:15)
  • καὶ ἐκλείπων ἀπέθανεν Ἁβραὰμ ἐν γήρᾳ καλῷ πρεσβύτησ καὶ πλήρησ ἡμερῶν καὶ προσετέθη πρὸσ τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 25:8)
  • οὐκ ἀλλάξει αὐτὸ καλὸν πονηρῷ, οὐδὲ πονηρὸν καλῷ. ἐὰν δὲ ἀλλάσσων ἀλλάξῃ αὐτὸ κτῆνοσ κτήνει, ἔσται αὐτὸ καὶ τὸ ἄλλαγμα ἅγια. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 27:10)
  • οὐκ ἀλλάξεισ καλὸν πονηρῷ, οὐδὲ πονηρὸν καλῷ. ἐὰν δὲ ἀλλάσσων ἀλλάξῃσ αὐτό, καὶ τὸ ἄλλαγμα αὐτοῦ ἔσται ἅγιον, οὐ λυτρωθήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 27:33)
  • καὶ ἐτελεύτησεν ἐν γήρᾳ καλῷ, πλήρησ ἡμερῶν, πλούτῳ καὶ δόξῃ, καὶ ἐβασίλευσε Σαλωμὼν υἱὸσ αὐτοῦ ἀντ̓ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 29:28)

Synonyms

  1. beautiful

  2. good

  3. good

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