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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

τὰ γὰρ τοιαῦτα κρίνειν τῶν ἁβρῶν μᾶλλον καὶ ἀστικῶν τὸ δὲ ἐμόν, αἶγα μὲν αἰγὸσ ὁποτέρα ἡ ^ καλλίων καὶ δάμαλιν ἄλλησ δαμάλεωσ, τάχ’ ἂν δικάσαιμι κατὰ τὴν τέχνην αὗται δὲ πᾶσαί τε ὁμοίωσ καλαὶ καὶ οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅπωσ ἄν τισ ἀπὸ τῆσ ἑτέρασ ἐπὶ τὴν ἑτέραν μεταγάγοι τὴν ὄψιν ἀποσπάσασ· (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 7:14)
ἔστι δὲ ὁ Ἆπισ ἐξ ἀγέλησ θεόσ, ἐπὶ τῷ προτέρῳ χειροτονούμενοσ ὡσ πολὺ καλλίων καὶ σεμνότεροσ τῶν ἰδιωτῶν Βοῶν. (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 15:4)
ὅσῳ γὰρ ἂν ὑμῖν καλλίων φαίνηται, τοσῷδε ὑπεναντίοσ τῇ τοῦ λέγοντοσ χρείᾳ δειχθήσεται. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 15:2)
ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἡ κνῖσα ἡ τῶν σκευαζομένων εἰσ τὸ δεῖπνον ἀπέκναιέ με, ὥστε ὑπεράνθρωπόσ τισ ἀνὴρ καὶ τρισόλβιόσ μοι κατεφαίνετο καὶ μονονουχὶ πάντων ^ καλλίων καὶ ὑψηλότεροσ ὅλῳ πήχει βασιλικῷ, ἐπαιρόμενοσ τῇ τύχῃ καὶ σεμνῶσ προβαίνων καὶ ἑαυτὸν ἐξυπτιάζων καὶ τοὺσ ἐντυγχάνοντασ ἐκπλήττων. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 16:5)
ἢ τῷ διαγνῷ τισ ἐνταῦθα εἰ καλλίων Φρύνησ Σιμίχη; (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 22:3)

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

Sense

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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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