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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

  • 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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