Callicles

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Latin

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) calli- (beautiful) -kles (kleos: fame, glory)

Proper noun

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Calliclēs m sg (genitive Calliclis); third declension

  1. a male given name, character in the play Truculentus of Plautus

Declension

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Third-declension noun, singular only.

References

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  • Callicles”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Callicles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.