"κάλλος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See κάλλος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kál.los/, /ˈkal.los/, /ˈka.los/, /kál.los/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈkal.los/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈkal.los/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈkal.los/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈka.los/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From κᾰλός (kălós, “good, beautiful, noble”). Head templates: {{grc-noun|κᾰ́λλεος|n|third|gen2=κάλλους|head=κᾰ́λλος}} κᾰ́λλος • (kắllos) n (genitive κᾰ́λλεος or κάλλους); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|κᾰ́λλος|ους}} Forms: κᾰ́λλος [canonical], kắllos [romanization], κᾰ́λλεος [genitive], κάλλους [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ κᾰ́λλος [nominative, singular], τὼ κᾰ́λλει [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ κᾰ́λλη [nominative, plural], τοῦ κᾰ́λλους [genitive, singular], τοῖν κᾰλλοῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν κᾰλλῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ κᾰ́λλει [dative, singular], τοῖν κᾰλλοῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς κᾰ́λλεσῐ [dative, plural], κᾰ́λλεσῐν [dative, plural], toîs kắllesĭ [dative, plural], toîs kắllesĭn [dative, plural], τὸ κᾰ́λλος [accusative, singular], τὼ κᾰ́λλει [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ κᾰ́λλη [accusative, plural], κᾰ́λλος [singular, vocative], κᾰ́λλει [dual, vocative], κᾰ́λλη [plural, vocative]
  1. beauty
    Sense id: en-κάλλος-grc-noun-tWEN4fb~
  2. nobility
    Sense id: en-κάλλος-grc-noun-E-YgfYDd
  3. a beautiful person or thing
    Sense id: en-κάλλος-grc-noun-ymktVz8e Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 13 15 71 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 10 23 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 9 10 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 10 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Καλλίας (Kallías), Καλλικλῆς (Kalliklês), Κᾰλλῐκρᾰ́της (Kăllĭkrắtēs), Καλλικρατίδας (Kallikratídas), Καλλίμαχος (Kallímakhos), Καλλίξενος (Kallíxenos), Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē), καλλιπάρῃος (kallipárēios), καλλίπυγος (kallípugos), Καλλισθένης (Kallisthénēs), Καλλίστη (Kallístē), Καλλίστρατος (Kallístratos), Καλλιστώ (Kallistṓ), Καλλιφῶν (Kalliphôn), περικαλλής (perikallḗs)
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  "etymology_text": "From κᾰλός (kălós, “good, beautiful, noble”).",
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      "form": "κᾰ́λλος",
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      "form": "τᾰ̀ κᾰ́λλη",
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      "form": "τοῖν κᾰλλοῖν",
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      "form": "τῶν κᾰλλῶν",
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "τῷ κᾰ́λλει",
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    {
      "form": "τοῖς κᾰ́λλεσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κᾰ́λλεσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs kắllesĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs kắllesĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τὸ κᾰ́λλος",
      "roman": "tò kắllos",
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        "singular"
      ]
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        "dual"
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        "vocative"
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        "vocative"
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        "vocative"
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      "ipa": "/kál.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkal.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈka.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kál.los/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkal.los/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkal.los/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkal.los/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈka.los/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "κάλλος"
}
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    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek neuter nouns",
    "Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "derived": [
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      "roman": "Kallías",
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      "word": "Καλλικλῆς"
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    {
      "roman": "Kăllĭkrắtēs",
      "word": "Κᾰλλῐκρᾰ́της"
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      "roman": "Kallikratídas",
      "word": "Καλλικρατίδας"
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    {
      "roman": "Kallímakhos",
      "word": "Καλλίμαχος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Kallíxenos",
      "word": "Καλλίξενος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Kalliópē",
      "word": "Καλλιόπη"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kallipárēios",
      "word": "καλλιπάρῃος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kallípugos",
      "word": "καλλίπυγος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Kallisthénēs",
      "word": "Καλλισθένης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Kallístē",
      "word": "Καλλίστη"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Kallístratos",
      "word": "Καλλίστρατος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Kallistṓ",
      "word": "Καλλιστώ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Kalliphôn",
      "word": "Καλλιφῶν"
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    {
      "roman": "perikallḗs",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From κᾰλός (kălós, “good, beautiful, noble”).",
  "forms": [
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    {
      "form": "kắllos",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "κᾰ́λλεος",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "κάλλους",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "Attic declension-3",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ κᾰ́λλει",
      "roman": "tṑ kắllei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ κᾰ́λλη",
      "roman": "tằ kắllē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ κᾰ́λλους",
      "roman": "toû kắllous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν κᾰλλοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn kălloîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν κᾰλλῶν",
      "roman": "tôn kăllôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ κᾰ́λλει",
      "roman": "tôi kắllei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν κᾰλλοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn kălloîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
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    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς κᾰ́λλεσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κᾰ́λλεσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs kắllesĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs kắllesĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ κᾰ́λλος",
      "roman": "tò kắllos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ κᾰ́λλει",
      "roman": "tṑ kắllei",
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        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ κᾰ́λλη",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
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        "vocative"
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    {
      "form": "κᾰ́λλει",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κᾰ́λλη",
      "roman": "kắllē",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "vocative"
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      },
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "beauty"
      ],
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          "beauty",
          "beauty"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "nobility"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nobility",
          "nobility"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a beautiful person or thing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beautiful",
          "beautiful"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/kál.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkal.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈka.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kál.los/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkal.los/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkal.los/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkal.los/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈka.los/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "κάλλος"
}

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