καλλίπυγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κᾰ́λλος (kállos, “beauty”) +‎ πῡγή (pūgḗ, “buttocks”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kal.lí.pyː.ɡos/ → /kalˈli.py.ɣos/ → /kaˈli.pi.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kal.lí.pyː.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kalˈli.py.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kalˈli.py.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kalˈli.py.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈli.pi.ɣos/

Adjective

κᾰλλῐ́πῡγος • (kallípūgos) m or f (neuter κᾰλλῐ́πῡγον); second declension

1. callipygian, callipygous (with beautifully shaped buttocks)

Inflection

Second declension of κᾰλλῐ́πῡγος; κᾰλλῐ́πῡγον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κᾰλλῐ́πῡγος kallípūgos	κᾰλλῐ́πῡγον kallípūgon		κᾰλλῐπῡ́γω kallipū́gō	κᾰλλῐπῡ́γω kallipū́gō		κᾰλλῐ́πῡγοι kallípūgoi	κᾰλλῐ́πῡγᾰ kallípūga
Genitive		κᾰλλῐπῡ́γου kallipū́gou	κᾰλλῐπῡ́γου kallipū́gou		κᾰλλῐπῡ́γοιν kallipū́goin	κᾰλλῐπῡ́γοιν kallipū́goin		κᾰλλῐπῡ́γων kallipū́gōn	κᾰλλῐπῡ́γων kallipū́gōn
Dative		κᾰλλῐπῡ́γῳ kallipū́gōi	κᾰλλῐπῡ́γῳ kallipū́gōi		κᾰλλῐπῡ́γοιν kallipū́goin	κᾰλλῐπῡ́γοιν kallipū́goin		κᾰλλῐπῡ́γοις kallipū́gois	κᾰλλῐπῡ́γοις kallipū́gois
Accusative		κᾰλλῐ́πῡγον kallípūgon	κᾰλλῐ́πῡγον kallípūgon		κᾰλλῐπῡ́γω kallipū́gō	κᾰλλῐπῡ́γω kallipū́gō		κᾰλλῐπῡ́γους kallipū́gous	κᾰλλῐ́πῡγᾰ kallípūga
Vocative		κᾰλλῐ́πῡγε kallípūge	κᾰλλῐ́πῡγον kallípūgon		κᾰλλῐπῡ́γω kallipū́gō	κᾰλλῐπῡ́γω kallipū́gō		κᾰλλῐ́πῡγοι kallípūgoi	κᾰλλῐ́πῡγᾰ kallípūga
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		κᾰλλῐπῡ́γως kallipū́gōs			κᾰλλῐπῡγότερος kallipūgóteros			κᾰλλῐπῡγότᾰτος kallipūgótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: callipygian

References

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

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καλλίπυγος (kallípugos)

Adjective

καλλίπυγος • (kallípygos) m (feminine καλλίπυγη, neuter καλλίπυγο)

1. callipygian, callipygous (with beautifully shaped buttocks)

Declension

Declension of καλλίπυγος

number  case \ gender	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	καλλίπυγος •	καλλίπυγη •	καλλίπυγο •	καλλίπυγοι •	καλλίπυγες •	καλλίπυγα •
genitive	καλλίπυγου •	καλλίπυγης •	καλλίπυγου •	καλλίπυγων •	καλλίπυγων •	καλλίπυγων •
accusative	καλλίπυγο •	καλλίπυγη •	καλλίπυγο •	καλλίπυγους •	καλλίπυγες •	καλλίπυγα •
vocative	καλλίπυγε •	καλλίπυγη •	καλλίπυγο •	καλλίπυγοι •	καλλίπυγες •	καλλίπυγα •