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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 εἶδεν ὁ Θεὸσ τὸ φῶσ, ὅτι καλόν. καὶ διεχώρισεν ὁ Θεὸσ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ φωτὸσ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ σκότουσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:4)
  • καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ὁ Θεὸσ τὸ στερέωμα οὐρανόν. καὶ εἶδεν ὁ Θεόσ, ὅτι καλόν, καὶ ἐγένετο ἑσπέρα καὶ ἐγένετο πρωί̈, ἡμέρα δευτέρα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:8)
  • καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ὁ Θεὸσ τὴν ξηρὰν γῆν καὶ τὰ συστήματα τῶν ὑδάτων ἐκάλεσε θαλάσσασ. καὶ εἶδεν ὁ Θεόσ, ὅτι καλόν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:10)
  • καὶ εἶδεν ὁ Θεόσ, ὅτι καλόν. καὶ ἐγένετο ἑσπέρα καὶ ἐγένετο πρωί̈, ἡμέρα τρίτη. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:13)
  • καὶ ἄρχειν τῆσ ἡμέρασ καὶ τῆσ νυκτὸσ καὶ διαχωρίζειν ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ φωτὸσ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ σκότουσ. καὶ εἶδεν ὁ Θεόσ, ὅτι καλόν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:18)
  • καὶ ἐπέτρεψε πάντα, ὅσα ἦν αὐτῷ, εἰσ χεῖρασ Ἰωσὴφ καὶ οὐκ ᾔδει τῶν καθ̓ αὑτὸν οὐδὲν πλὴν τοῦ ἄρτου, οὗ ἤσθιεν αὐτόσ.̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν Καὶ ἦν Ἰωσὴφ καλὸσ τῷ εἴδει καὶ ὡραῖοσ τῇ ὄψει σφόδρα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 39:6)
  • ἰδοὺ εἶ καλόσ, ὁ ἀδελφιδόσ μου, καί γε ὡραῖοσ. πρὸσ κλίνῃ ἡμῶν σύσκιοσ, (Septuagint, Canticum Canticorum 1:16)
  • Ἀνδρὶ μικρολόγῳ οὐ καλὸσ ὁ πλοῦτοσ, καὶ ἀνθρώπῳ βασκάνῳ ἱνατί χρήματα̣ (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 14:3)
  • τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἀμπελὼν καλὸσ ἐπιθύμημα ἐξάρχειν κατ̓ αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 27:2)
  • ἰδοὺ Ἀσσοὺρ κυπάρισσοσ ἐν τῷ Λιβάνῳ καὶ καλὸσ ταῖσ παραφυάσι καὶ ὑψηλὸσ τῷ μεγέθει, εἰσ μέσον νεφελῶν ἐγένετο ἡ ἀρχὴ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 31:3)

Synonyms

  1. beautiful

  2. good

  3. good

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