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Morphology Lemmata καλόσ (external link: καλόσ )Forms: καλαί (data provider: perseus), καλαῖσ (data provider: perseus), καλλιόνων (data provider: perseus), καλλιόνωσ (data provider: perseus), καλλί̄ονεσ (data provider: perseus), καλλί̄ων (data provider: perseus), καλλίον' (data provider: perseus), καλλίονα (data provider: perseus), καλλίονεσ (data provider: perseus), καλλίονι (data provider: perseus), καλλίονοσ (data provider: perseus), καλλίοσι (data provider: perseus), καλλίοσιν (data provider: perseus), καλλίουσ (data provider: perseus), καλλίστα (data provider: perseus), καλλίσταισ (data provider: perseus), καλλίσταν (data provider: perseus), καλλίστασ (data provider: perseus), καλλίστη (data provider: perseus), καλλίστην (data provider: perseus), καλλίστησ (data provider: perseus), καλλίστοιν (data provider: perseus), καλλίστοισ (data provider: perseus), καλλίστοισι (data provider: perseus), καλλίστου (data provider: perseus), καλλίστουσ (data provider: perseus), καλλίστων (data provider: perseus), καλλίστωσ (data provider: perseus), καλλίστᾳ (data provider: perseus), καλλίστῃ (data provider: perseus), καλλίστῳ (data provider: perseus), καλλίω (data provider: perseus), καλλίων (data provider: perseus), καλοὶ (data provider: donatus-sup), καλοί (data provider: perseus), καλοὺσ (data provider: donatus-sup), καλούσ (data provider: perseus), καλοῖν (data provider: perseus), καλοῖσ (data provider: perseus), καλοῖσι (data provider: perseus), καλοῖσιν (data provider: perseus), καλοῦ (data provider: perseus), καλὰ (data provider: donatus-sup), καλὰσ (data provider: donatus-sup), καλά (data provider: perseus), καλά̄σ (data provider: perseus), καλάν (data provider: perseus), καλάσ (data provider: perseus), καλὲ (data provider: donatus-sup), καλέ (data provider: perseus), καλέων (data provider: perseus), καλὴ (data provider: donatus-sup), καλὴν (data provider: donatus-sup), καλή (data provider: perseus), καλήν (data provider: perseus), καλὸν (data provider: donatus-sup), καλὸσ (data provider: donatus-sup), καλόν (data provider: perseus), καλόσ (data provider: perseus), καλὼ (data provider: donatus-sup), καλώ (data provider: perseus), καλώσ (data provider: perseus), καλώτερον (data provider: perseus), καλώτεροσ (data provider: perseus), καλᾰ́ (data provider: perseus), καλᾰ́σ (data provider: perseus), καλᾶσ (data provider: perseus), καλᾷ (data provider: perseus), καλῆι (data provider: perseus), καλῆσ (data provider: perseus), καλῇ (data provider: perseus), καλῇσι (data provider: perseus), καλῇσιν (data provider: perseus), καλῶ (data provider: perseus), καλῶι (data provider: perseus), καλῶν (data provider: perseus), καλῶσ (data provider: perseus), καλῷ (data provider: perseus), κάλλιον (data provider: perseus), κάλλισθ' (data provider: perseus), κάλλιστ' (data provider: perseus), κάλλιστα (data provider: perseus), κάλλισται (data provider: perseus), κάλλιστε (data provider: perseus), κάλλιστοι (data provider: perseus), κάλλιστον (data provider: perseus), κάλλιστοσ (data provider: perseus), κάλλιστοί (data provider: donatus-sup), κάλλιστόν (data provider: donatus-sup), κάλλῑον (data provider: perseus), κάλλῖον (data provider: perseus), κᾰλά (data provider: perseus), κᾰλόν (data provider: perseus), κᾰλόσ (data provider: perseus), κᾱλά (data provider: perseus), κᾱλόσ (data provider: perseus), κᾱλῶσ (data provider: perseus)Dictionary Bonitz: Index Aristotelicus Liddell-Scott-Jones: A Greek-English lexicon καλόσ καλόσ , ή , όν , Aeol. κάλοσ (v. infr.), α , ον , Boeot. καλfόσ Schwyzer 538 (vi B. C.) :—beautiful , of outward form, freq. of persons, κάλλιστος ἀνὴρ ὑπὸ Ἴλιον ἦλθεν Il. 2.673 : in Hom. usu. in the phrase κ. τε μέγας τε Il. 21.108 , al.; μέγας καὶ κ . Od. 9.513; καλή τε μεγάλη τε 13.289 , 15.418; καλὸς δέμασ beautiful of form, 17.307; κ. ἰδέᾳ Pi. O. 10 (11).103; εἶδος κάλλιστοσ X. Cyr. 1.2.1 ; κ. τὸ σῶμα Id. Mem. 2.6.30 ; τὰς ὄψεισ Theopomp.Hist. 195 ; Χορῷ καλή beauteous in the dance, Il. 16.180: c. inf. , καλλίονες καὶ μείζονες εἰσοράασθαι Od. 10.396 ; ἐσορᾶν κ . Pi. O. 8.19: freq. of parts of the body, fair, shapely , κ. πρόσωπα, ὅμματα, παρήϊα, σφυρά , Il. 19.285, 23.66, Od. 19.208, Il. 4.147; Χρώσ 5.354 , al.; of clothes, εἵματα, φάρεα, Χιτών, Χλαῖνα, πέδιλα , Od. 6.111, 24.277, Il. 2.43, Od. 10.365, 1.96; πέπλος κάλλιστος ποικίλμασιν ἠδὲ μέγιστοσ Il. 6.294 ; of arms and armour, κνημῖδες, ἀσπίς, σάκος, κόρυς, φάσγανα, ἔντεα , 3.331, 11.33, 22.314, 18.612, 15.713, Od. 19.18; of buildings, manufactured articles, etc., αὐλὴ κ. τε μεγάλη τε 14.7 ; κ. δώματα, τεῖχος, πόλιεσ , 3.387, Il. 21.447, 18.491; ἄμαξα, τράπεζα, θρόνοσ , 24.267, 11.629, Od. 1.131; also τέμενος, ἀγρόσ , Il. 12.314, Od. 24.206; so after Hom. , Λύδιον κ. ἔργον Sapph. 19 , etc.; ἐέρσα κ . ead.Supp. 25.12.
2. in Att. added to a name in token of love or admiration, as Ἀρίσημος κ . IG 12.921, etc.; ἐν τοῖσι τοίχοις ἔγραφ' "Ἀθηναῖοι καλοί " Ar. Ach. 144, cf.V. 98; Ἀλκιβιάδης ὁ καλός, Σαπφὼ ἡ καλή , Pl. Alc. 1.113b, Phdr. 235c.
b. ἡ Καλή or Καλλίστη , as epith., A. Ag. 140 (lyr.), Paus. 1.29.2, CIG 4445 (Beroea ).
c. Καλοί, οἱ , divinities worshipped in childbirth, IG 5(1).1445 (Messene, ii B. C. ).
3. τὸ καλόν beauty , Sapph. 79, E. IA 21 (anap.), etc.; τὰ καλά the proprieties or elegancies of life, Hdt. 1.8, 207; ἁπάντων καλῶν ἄμμοροσ Pi. O. 1.84 ; αἱ τέχναι ἃς πηγάς φασι τῶν κ. εἶναι X. Cyr. 7.2.13 .
II. with ref. to use, good, of fine quality , κ. λιμήν Od. 6.263 ; Βορέῃ ἀνέμῳ ..καλῷ fair , 14.253, 299; κ. ἀργύριον , opp. κίβδηλον , genuine silver, X. Mem. 3.1.9; opp. ἀποτετριμμένον , good silver currency, PCair.Zen. 21.33 (iii B. C.) ; ἐλαῖαι PHib. 1.49.12 (iii B. C.) ; γῆ Ev.Luc. 8.15 ; κ. οἶνοσ PFay. 133.8 (iv A. D.) ; στρατόπεδον κάλλιστον Th. 5.60 ; ἀνταπεδώκατε πονηρὰ ἀντὶ καλῶν LXX Ge. 44.4 ; κ. ἐς στρατιάν X. Cyr. 3.3.6 ; πρός τι Pl. Hp.Ma. 295c , Grg. 474d, etc.: c. inf. , λόφος κάλλιστος τρέχειν X. An. 4.8.26 ; ἐν καλῷ [τόπῳ ] in a good place, καθίζεσθαι, ὁρμεῖν , Ar. Th. 292, X. HG 2.1.25; ἐν καλῷ μὲν τοῦ κόλπου καὶ τῶν πόλεων, ἐν κ. δὲ τοῦ τὴν Χώραν βλάπτειν , ib.6.2.9; ἐν καλῷ under favourable circumstances , Th. 5.59.60; ἐν κ . (sc. Χρόνῳ ) in good time , in season , E. IA 1106; ἐν οὐ κ . Id. Or. 579; ἐν καλῷ [ἐστι ] c. inf. , S. El. 384 (so καλόν ἐστι c. inf. , Id. Ph. 1155 (lyr.), Ar. Pax 278, Th. 8.2); ἐς καλόν S. OT 78 , Pl. Men. 89e, Smp. 174e; τί γὰρ ἐμοὶ ζῆν καλόν ; what is the good of life to me? Ph. 2.594; καλῇ πίστει , = Lat.bona fide, PTeb. 418.14 (iii A. D.) .
2. of sacrifices, auspicious , σφάγια A. Th. 379 ; οἰωνοί E. Ion 1333 ; ἱερά Th. 4.92 ; τὸ τέλος κ. τῆς ἐξόδου X. An. 5.2.9 ; κ. τὰ ἱερὰ ἦν αὐτῷ Id. Cyr. 3.2.3 : c. inf. , ἰέναι ..κ. ἡμῖν τὰ ἱερὰ ἦν Id. An. 2.2.3 : Com., τὰ τῆς πυγῆς κ . (for τοῦ θεοῦ ) Ar. Pax 868.
III. in a moral sense, beautiful, noble, honourable , in Hom. only in neut., οὐ καλὸν ἔειπεσ Od. 8.166 , cf. 17.381; μεῖζον κλέος ..καὶ κάλλιον 18.255 ; freq. καλόν [ἐστι ] c. inf. , κ. τοι σὺν ἐμοὶ τὸν κήδειν ὅς κ' ἐμὲ κήδῃ Il. 9.615 ; οὐ γὰρ ἔμοιγε κ . (sc. ἄρχειν ) 21.440; οὐ κ. ἀτέμβειν οὐδὲ δίκαιον Od. 20.294 ; so in Trag., καλόν μοι τοῦτο ποιούσῃ θανεῖν S. Ant. 72 , etc.; μάθετε καλὸν ποιεῖν LXX Is. 1.17 : Comp., οὐ μέν τοι τόδε κάλλιον οὐδὲ ἔοικε Od. 7.159 , cf. Il. 24.52; after Hom. freq. of actions, etc., κάλων κἄσλων Sapph. Supp. 2.4 (unless of persons here); κ. ἔργματα noble deeds, Pi. I. 4(3).42, cf. S. Fr. 839, etc.; ἀναστροφὴ κ . 1 Ep.Pet. 2.12: in pl., excellences , πλῆθος καλῶν Pi. O. 13.45 ; πολλῶν καλῶν δεῖ τῷ καλόν τι μωμένῳ S. Fr. 938 ; τὰ τοῦ παιδὸς κ . X. Smp. 8.17.
2. τὸ κ . moral beauty, virtue, honour , opp. τὸ αἰσχρόν , Id. Mem. 1.1.16, cf. Pl. Smp. 183d, etc.; ὅττι καλόν, φίλον ἐστί, τὸ δ' οὐ καλὸν οὐ φίλον ἐστίν Thgn. 17 , cf. E. Ba. 881 (lyr.), Pl. Ly. 216c; οὐ ταὐτὸν ἡγῇ σύ, ὡς ἔοικας, κ. τε καὶ ἀγαθὸν καὶ κακὸν καὶ αἰσχρόν Id. Grg. 474d , cf. Smp. 201e; τοὐμὸν κ . E. Supp. 300.
3. of persons, in early writers coupled with ἀγαθόσ , v. καλοκἀγαθόσ ; later κ. ποιμήν Ev.Jo. 10.11 ; κ. στρατιώτησ 2 Ep.Tim. 2.3 .
IV. in Att. and Trag. freq. ironically, fine, specious , γέρας κ . A. Eu. 209; κ. γὰρ οὑμὸς βίοτος ὥστε θαυμάσαι S. El. 393 , cf. E. Ba. 652; κ. Χάρισ D. 9.65 ; κ. ὕβριν ὑβρισμένοι Id. 23.121 ; καί σοι ..θωπεῦσαι καλόν S. OC 1003 ; μετ' ὀνομάτων καλῶν Th. 5.89 .
B. Degrees of Comp.: Comp. καλλίων, ον , Il. 24.52, Od. 10.396, etc.: neut. κάλιον [ᾰ] Alc. 134: Sup. κάλλιστος, η, ον , Il. 20.233, etc.; late καλλιώτεροσ or -ότεροσ , POxy. 1672.6 (i A. D.) , Sch.E. Tr. 966; also καλώτεροσ Hdn. Epim. 69 .
C. Adv. :— Poets freq. use neut. καλόν as Adv. , κ. ἀείδειν Il. 18.570 , Od. 1.155; καλά Il. 6.326 ; later τὸ κ . Theoc. 3.3, 18, Call. Epigr. 53, Herod. 1.54.
II. regul. Adv. καλῶσ (Dor. καλώσ Sophr. 22), well, rightly , οὐδ' ἔτι κ. οἶκος ἐμὸς διόλωλε Od. 2.64 ; κ. ζῆν, τεθνηκέναι , etc., S. Aj. 479, etc.; κ. φρονεῖν to be in one's right mind, Id. Fr. 836; οὐ κ. ταρβεῖσ Id. Tr. 457 ; κ. ἀγωνιεῖσθαι fairly, on the merits of the case , Lys. 13.88; Χρήματα δατῆθθαι κ . Leg.Gort. 4.39; κ. εἰρημένα S. Fr. 576.6 ; κάλλιον λέγεισ Pl. Tht. 161b ; κάλλιστ' ἂν εἴποι S. OT 1172 : freq. in phrase καλῶς καὶ εὖ, καλῶς τε καὶ εὖ , Pl. Prt. 319e, Prm. 128b, etc.
2. of good fortune, well, happily , κ. πράσσειν, = εὖ π ., A. Pr. 979, S. Ant. 271; κ. καὶ εὖ πράττειν Pl. Chrm. 172a ; κ. ἔχειν to be well , A. Th. 799, etc.; κ. ἔχει σοι Ar. Ach. 946 , cf. S. El. 816; κ. ἔχει c. inf. , 'tis well to .., X. Mem. 3.11.1: c. gen., κ. ἔχειν τινόσ to be well off in respect to a thing, Hp. Superf. 29; κ. παράπλου κεῖσθαι Th. 1.36 ; εἰ κ. σφίσιν ἔχοι Id. 4.117 ; οὔτε τοῖς θεοῖς ἔφη κ. ἔχειν, εἰ .. X. Mem. 1.3.3 ; καλλιόνως ἔχει Pl. Tht. 169e , etc.; κάλλιστα ἕζει Id. Hp.Ma. 295b .
3. καλῶς, = πάνυ , thoroughly, altogether , τὸν κ. εὐδαίμονα A. Fr. 317 , = S. Fr. 934; κ. ἔξοιδα Id. OC 269 , cf. OT 1008; κ. ὑπὸ τοῦ πυρὸς διεφθάρθαι D.S. 13.108 : Comp., κάλλιον εἰδέναι Pl. Hp.Ma. 300d ; κάλλιον ἐοικέναι to be just like , Hp. Genit. 8.
4. κ. ἀκούειν to be well spoken of, Men. Mon. 285, Plu. 2.177e.
5. κ. ποιῶν rightly, deservedly , κ. ποιῶν ἀπόλλυται Ar. Pl. 863 , cf. D. 1.28, al., Aeschin. 3.232; in requests, κ. ποιήσεις πριάμενοσ , etc., PPetr. 3p.143 (iii B. C.) , etc.; also c. inf. , κ. π. γράψαι BGU 1203.7 (i B. C.) , etc.
6. in answers, to approve the words of the former speaker, well said ! E. Or. 1216, D. 39.15; also, to decline an offer courteously, no, thank you ! Ar. Ra. 888; κ. ἔχει Antiph. 165 , Men. Pk. 266; πάνυ κ . Ar. Ra. 512; ἀμέλει κ . ib.532: Sup., κάλλιστ', ἐπαινῶ ib.508; ἔχει κάλλιστα Theoc. 15.3 .
7. ironically, finely , καλῶς ἐρήμης γ' ἂν σὺ γῆς ἄρχοις μόνοσ S. Ant. 739 , cf. E. Med. 588, Ar. Eq. 344, Din. 1.69.
8. κ. ὁ ἱερεύσ hurrah for the priest! SIG 1109.14 (Athens, ii A. D. ).
9. repeated with the Adj. , καλὴ καλῶσ Ar. Ach. 253 , Pax 1330, Ec. 730; καλὸς κάλλιστά τε ῥέξαισ Pi. O. 9.94 .
10. Comp. καλλιόνωσ Pl. Tht. l.c., Lg. 660d: Sup. καλλίστωσ PMag.Par. 1.2443 ,2465, Sch.E. Hec. 310.
D. for compds., v. καλλι-, καλο- .
E. Quantity: ᾱ in Ep. and early Iamb. Poets (exc. h.Ven. 29, Hes. Op. 63, Th. 585): ᾰ in Lyr. (exc. κᾱλῶσ B. 12.206 ) and Trag. (A. Fr. 314, S. Ph. 1381 are corrupt).--In Eleg., Epigr., and Bucol. Poets ᾰ or ᾱ (the latter usu. in thesi); τὰ μὴ κᾰλὰ κᾱλὰ πέφανται Theoc. 6.19 , cf. Herod. 7.115, Call. Jov. 55.--In Comp., ῐ in Hom. , ῑ in Trag. and later.William J. Slater: Lexicon to Pindar
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