καλόκαιρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

κᾰλός (kalós) +‎ καιρός (kairós)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.ló.kai̯.ros/ → /kaˈlo.cɛ.ros/ → /kaˈlo.ce.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.ló.kai̯.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈlo.kɛ.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈlo.cɛ.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈlo.ce.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈlo.ce.ros/

Noun

κᾰλόκαιρος • (kalókairos) m (genitive κᾰλοκαίρου); second declension

1. this word’s etyma and its Latin gloss both admit of a wide range of interpretations of its meaning — see κᾰλός (kalós), καιρός (kairós); bonus, tempus
   • Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum :

     bonum tempus

Declension

Second declension of ὁ κᾰλόκαιρος; τοῦ κᾰλοκαίρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κᾰλόκαιρος ho kalókairos	τὼ κᾰλοκαίρω tṑ kalokaírō	οἱ κᾰλόκαιροι hoi kalókairoi
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰλοκαίρου toû kalokaírou	τοῖν κᾰλοκαίροιν toîn kalokaíroin	τῶν κᾰλοκαίρων tôn kalokaírōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰλοκαίρῳ tôi kalokaírōi	τοῖν κᾰλοκαίροιν toîn kalokaíroin	τοῖς κᾰλοκαίροις toîs kalokaírois
Accusative	τὸν κᾰλόκαιρον tòn kalókairon	τὼ κᾰλοκαίρω tṑ kalokaírō	τοὺς κᾰλοκαίρους toùs kalokaírous
Vocative	κᾰλόκαιρε kalókaire	κᾰλοκαίρω kalokaírō	κᾰλόκαιροι kalókairoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κᾰλόκαιρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press