Καλλίας

See also: καλλίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κᾰλλῐ- (kalli-, “beautiful”) +‎ -ᾱς (-ās, “male name suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kal.lí.aːs/ → /kalˈli.as/ → /kaˈli.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kal.lí.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kalˈli.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kalˈli.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kalˈli.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈli.as/

Proper noun

Κᾰλλῐ́ᾱς • (Kallíās) m (genitive Κᾰλλῐ́ου); first declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Callias
   • 414 BCE, Aristophanes, The Birds 282

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Κᾰλλῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ Κᾰλλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κᾰλλῐ́ᾱς ho Kallíās
Genitive	τοῦ Κᾰλλῐ́ου toû Kallíou
Dative	τῷ Κᾰλλῐ́ᾳ tôi Kallíāi
Accusative	τὸν Κᾰλλῐ́ᾱν tòn Kallíān
Vocative	Κᾰλλῐ́ᾱ Kallíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ὁ Κᾰλλῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ Κᾰλλῐ́ᾱ (Choral Doric)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κᾰλλῐ́ᾱς ho Kallíās
Genitive	τοῦ Κᾰλλῐ́ᾱ toû Kallíā
Dative	τῷ Κᾰλλῐ́ᾳ tôi Kallíāi
Accusative	τὸν Κᾰλλῐ́ᾱν tòn Kallíān
Vocative	Κᾰλλῐ́ᾱ Kallíā
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• Καλλιάδης (Kalliádēs)

References

• “Καλλίας”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Καλλίας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004