Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

περικαλλής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: περικαλλής περικαλλές

Structure: περικαλλη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ka/llos

Sense

  1. very beautiful

Examples

  • καὶ οὕτω δὴ ^ ἔχει, μηδὲν ὄφελοσ εἶναι περικαλλοῦσ οἰκίασ τῷ οἰκοῦντι μηδὲ χρυσοῦ καὶ ἐλέφαντοσ, εἰ μή τισ αὐτὰ θαυμάζοι. (Lucian, Nigrinus, Nigrinou Fiaosofia 23:6)

Synonyms

  1. very beautiful

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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