καλός κἀγαθός
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Shortened by crasis from the classical Platonic philosophical phrase καλός καί ἀγαθός (kalós kaí agathós, “beautiful and good”), formed from καλός (kalós, “beautiful”) + καί (kaí, “and”) + ἀγαθός (agathós, “good”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.lós ka.ɡa.tʰós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kaˈlos ka.ɡaˈtʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kaˈlos ka.ɣaˈθos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kaˈlos ka.ɣaˈθos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kaˈlos ka.ɣaˈθos/
Phrase
[edit]καλός κἀγαθός • (kalós kagathós) m (genitive καλοῦ κἀγαθοῦ); second declension (idiomatic, philosophy)
- imbued with kalokagathia; beautiful and good, handsome and brave; noble, virtuous, knightly, gentlemanly, chivalrous, honorable, heroic; possessing the attributes of a man harmonious in mind and body, strong in both spiritual and physical virtue
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κᾰλός κᾰ̓γᾰθός ho kalós kagathós |
τὼ κᾰλώ κᾰ̓γᾰθώ tṑ kalṓ kagathṓ |
οἱ κᾰλοί κᾰ̓γᾰθοί hoi kaloí kagathoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κᾰλοῦ κᾰ̓γᾰθοῦ toû kaloû kagathoû |
τοῖν κᾰλοῖν κᾰ̓γᾰθοῖν toîn kaloîn kagathoîn |
τῶν κᾰλῶν κᾰ̓γᾰθῶν tôn kalôn kagathôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κᾰλῷ κᾰ̓γᾰθῷ tôi kalôi kagathôi |
τοῖν κᾰλοῖν κᾰ̓γᾰθοῖν toîn kaloîn kagathoîn |
τοῖς κᾰλοῖς κᾰ̓γᾰθοῖς toîs kaloîs kagathoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κᾰλόν κᾰ̓γᾰθόν tòn kalón kagathón |
τὼ κᾰλώ κᾰ̓γᾰθώ tṑ kalṓ kagathṓ |
τοὺς κᾰλούς κᾰ̓γᾰθούς toùs kaloús kagathoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | κᾰλέ κᾰ̓γᾰθέ kalé kagathé |
κᾰλώ κᾰ̓γᾰθώ kalṓ kagathṓ |
κᾰλοί κᾰ̓γᾰθοί kaloí kagathoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- καλοκαγαθίᾱ (kalokagathíā)
- καλοκάγαθος (kalokágathos, “gentleman”)
See also
[edit]- mens sana in corpore sano (“healthy mind in a healthy body”)
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