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καλός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καλός καλή καλόν

Structure: καλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

beautiful, lovely
good, quality, useful
good, right, moral, virtuous, noble

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	καλός	καλή	καλόν
	Genitive	καλοῦ	καλῆς	καλοῦ
	Dative	καλῷ	καλῇ	καλῷ
	Accusative	καλόν	καλήν	καλόν
	Vocative	καλέ	καλή	καλόν
Dual	N/A/V	καλώ	καλᾱ́	καλώ
Dual	G/D	καλοῖν	καλαῖν	καλοῖν
Plural	Nominative	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

θαυμαστὸν οὐδὲν ἁμὲ ταῦθ’ οὕτω λέγειν καὶ ἁνδάνειν αὐτοῖσιν αὐτοὺσ καὶ δοκεῖν καλὼσ πεφύκειν· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, G, PLATWN 15:6)
μὴ ποιῆσαι μεθ̓ ἡμῶν κακόν, καθότι οὐκ ἐβδελυξάμεθά σε ἡμεῖσ, καὶ ὃν τρόπον ἐχρησάμεθά σοι καλῶσ καί ἐξαπεστείλαμέν σε μετ̓ εἰρήνησ. καὶ νῦν εὐλογημένοσ σὺ ὑπὸ Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 26:29)
ἡ ψυχή, ἣ ἂν ὀμόσῃ διαστέλλουσα τοῖσ χείλεσι κακοποιῆσαι ἢ καλῶσ ποιῆσαι κατὰ πάντα, ὅσα ἐὰν διαστείλῃ ὁ ἄνθρωποσ μεθ̓ ὅρκου, καὶ λάθῃ αὐτὸν πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν, καὶ οὗτοσ γνῷ, καὶ ἁμάρτῃ ἕν τι τούτων, (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 5:4)
καὶ εἶπε Δαυίδ. καλῶσ ἐγὼ διαθήσομαι πρὸσ σὲ διαθήκην, πλὴν λόγον ἕνα ἐγὼ αἰτοῦμαι παρὰ σοῦ λέγων. οὐκ ὄψει τὸ πρόσωπόν μου, ἐὰν μὴ ἀγάγῃσ τὴν Μελχὸλ θυγατέρα Σαοὺλ παραγινομένου σου ἰδεῖν τὸ πρόσωπόν μου. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 3:13)
καὶ εἶπε Βηρσαβεέ. καλῶσ. ἐγὼ λαλήσω περὶ σοῦ τῷ βασιλεῖ. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 2:18)
καὶ εἶπε Κύριοσ πρὸσ Δαυὶδ τὸν πατέρα μου. ἀνθ̓ ὧν ἦλθεν ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν σου τοῦ οἰκοδομῆσαι οἶκον τῷ ὀνόματί μου, καλῶσ ἐποίησασ ὅτι ἐγενήθη ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν σου. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 8:16)

Synonyms

beautiful
- εὔμιτρος (with beautiful)
- κάλλιμος (beautiful)
- ἐραννός (lovely)
good
- χρηστός (good, useful[1])
- κρήγυος (good, useful, agreeable)
good
- ἀγαθός (good, brave, noble)

καλῶς (adverb of καλός ‎)
κᾶλον (wood)
αἰσχρός (causing shame)
χαρτός (that is matter of delight)
εὐφρόσυνος (in good cheer)
εὐδαιμονικός (conducive to happiness)
Ἀσκληπιάδαι (physicians)
μεταδοτέος (one must give a share)
ἀγαστός (deserving admiration)
ῥιψοκίνδυνος (running needless risks)
ἀξιέραστος (worthy of love)
εὐηθικός (good-natured)
διδασκαλικός (fit for teaching)
ἀρεστός (acceptable)
ἀναγώνιστος (without conflict)
ἄκομψος (unadorned)
ἀνύσιμος (efficacious)
μελέτημα (a practice)
ἡνιοχεία (chariot-driving)
κάλαις (a precious stone of a greenish blue)
μισοπόνηρος (hating knaves)
ἀποκριτέος (one must reject)
φευκτός (to be shunned or avoided)
ὁριστέος (one must determine)
πάγκαλος (all beautiful)
πέπερι (pepper)
φρονητέος (one must think)
εὔχαρις (pleasing)
ἐντάφιος (of or used in burial)
ἰτέος (one must go)

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καλός

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beautiful

good

good

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καλός

Sense

Declension

Examples

Synonyms

beautiful

good

good

Related

Similar forms

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