κάλλος
κάλλος,
εος, Att.
ους,
τό,(
καλός)
A). beauty, esp. of body,
Il. 9.130 ,
20.235 , etc.;
κάλλεΐ τε στίλβων καὶ εἵμασιν 3.392 ;
κάλλεϊ καὶ Χάρισι στίλβων Od. 6.237 ;
περί τ’ ἀμφί τε κ. ἄητο h.Cer. 276 : in a concrete sense, as though external to the body,
κάλλεϊ μέν οἱ πρῶτα προσώπατα καλὰ κάθηρεν ἀμβροσίῳ, οἵῳ Κυθέρεια Χρίεται Od. 18.192 : freq. i<*> Trag. and Prose,
γυναῖκε .. κάλλει ἀμώμω A. Pers. 185 ;
κ. σώματος Democr. 105 ; opp.
αἶσχος,
Pl. Smp. 201a : in a general sense,
τῶν ἔργων τῷ μεγέθει καὶ τῷ κάλλει Χαλεπὸν ἐξισῶσαι τοὺς ἐπαίνους Isoc. 12.36 ;
Χώρη κάλλεϊ καὶ ἀρετῇ μέγα ὑπερφέρουσα Hdt. 8.144 , cf.
Pl. Chrm. 157e ,
D.S. 1.30 ; of ships,
Th. [3.17] ;
ἀρετὴ ἂν εἴη κ. ψυχῆς Pl. R. 444d ;
τὸ τῶν μαθημάτων κ.
Id. Grg. 475a ;
ἐς κάλλος with an eye to
beauty, so as to set off her
beauty,
E. El. 1073 ;
οὐ γὰρ ἐς κ. τύχας δαίμων δίδωσιν so as to regard
beauty or
show,
Id. Tr. 1201 ;
ὁ εἰς κ. βίος, opp.
αἰσχρουργία,
X. Ages. 9.1 ;
ἐς κ. ζῆν Id. Cyr. 8.1.33 ; but
ἐς κ. κυνηγετεῖν hunt for
pleasure,
Arr. Cyn. 25.9 : in pl.,
σωμάτων κάλλη, opp.
ψυχῶν ἀρετή,
Pl. Criti. 112e .
3). in pl.,
beautiful things, as garments and stuffs,
ἐν ποικίλοις .. κάλλεσιν βαίνειν A. Ag. 923 ;
βάπτειν τὰ κ.
Eup. 333 , cf.
Pl. Phd. 110a ,
Poll. 7.63 ,
Hsch. s.v.;
κυπαρίττων ὕψη καὶ κάλλη Pl. Lg. 625c ;
μεγέθεσιν κάλλεσίν τε ἔργων Id. Criti. 115d , etc.;
τὰ κ. τῆς ἑρμηνείας beauties of style,
Longin. 5.1 (also in sg.,
τὸ κ. τῆς ἑρμ.
D.H. Comp. 3 );
κάλλεα κηροῦ beautiful works of wax, i.e. honeycombs,
AP 9.363.15 (
Mel.);
κάλλη τοιαῦτα καὶ τοσαῦτα ἱερῶν D. 3.25 ;
κ. οἰκοδομημάτων, =
καλὰ οἰκοδομήματα ,
Plu. 2.409a , cf.
935a ,
D.C. 65.15 .
ShortDef
beauty
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
κάλλος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
καλλος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-52771
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">κάλλος</span>, <span class="itype greek">εος</span>, Att. <span class="itype greek">ους</span>, <span class="gen greek">τό</span>,(<span class="etym greek">καλός</span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">beauty</span>, esp. of body, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:130" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.130/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 9.130 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:20:235" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:20.235/canonical-url/"> 20.235 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">κάλλεΐ τε στίλβων καὶ εἵμασιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:392" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.392/canonical-url/"> 3.392 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κάλλεϊ καὶ Χάρισι στίλβων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:6:237" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:6.237/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 6.237 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">περί τ’ ἀμφί τε κ. ἄητο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg002.perseus-grc1:276" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg002.perseus-grc1:276/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Cer.</span> 276 </a> : in a concrete sense, as though external to the body, <span class="quote greek">κάλλεϊ μέν οἱ πρῶτα προσώπατα καλὰ κάθηρεν ἀμβροσίῳ, οἵῳ Κυθέρεια Χρίεται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:18:192" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:18.192/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 18.192 </a> : freq. i<*> Trag. and Prose, <span class="quote greek">γυναῖκε .. κάλλει ἀμώμω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:185" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:185/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 185 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κ. σώματος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:105" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:105/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Democr.</span> 105 </a> ; opp. <span class="foreign greek">αἶσχος</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:201a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:201a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 201a </a>: in a general sense, <span class="quote greek">τῶν ἔργων τῷ μεγέθει καὶ τῷ κάλλει Χαλεπὸν ἐξισῶσαι τοὺς ἐπαίνους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg021.perseus-grc1:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg021.perseus-grc1:36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 12.36 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">Χώρη κάλλεϊ καὶ ἀρετῇ μέγα ὑπερφέρουσα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:144" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.144/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 8.144 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg018:157e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg018:157e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Chrm.</span> 157e </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:1:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:1.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 1.30 </a>; of ships, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:[3:17]" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:%5B3.17%5D/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> [3.17] </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀρετὴ ἂν εἴη κ. ψυχῆς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:444d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:444d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 444d </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τὸ τῶν μαθημάτων κ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:475a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:475a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 475a </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐς κάλλος</span> with an eye to <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">beauty</span>, so as to set off her <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">beauty</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:1073" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:1073/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 1073 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">οὐ γὰρ ἐς κ. τύχας δαίμων δίδωσιν</span> so as to regard <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">beauty</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">show</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:1201" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:1201/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 1201 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ὁ εἰς κ. βίος</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">αἰσχρουργία</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg009.perseus-grc1:9:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg009.perseus-grc1:9.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ages.</span> 9.1 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐς κ. ζῆν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:8:1:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:8:1:33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 8.1.33 </a> ; but <span class="foreign greek">ἐς κ. κυνηγετεῖν</span> hunt for <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pleasure</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg003:25:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg003:25.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyn.</span> 25.9 </a>: in pl., <span class="foreign greek">σωμάτων κάλλη</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">ψυχῶν ἀρετή</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:112e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:112e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Criti.</span> 112e </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> concrete, of persons, <span class="quote greek">κ. κακῶν ὕπουλον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1396" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1396/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1396 </a> ; of a bird, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1279.tlg001:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1279.tlg001:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Clitarch.</span> 21 </a> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">J.</span> </span> codd.; mostly of women, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a beauty</span>, <span class="quote greek">τὴν θυγατέρα, δεινόν τι κάλλος καὶ μέγεθος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:5:2:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:5:2:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 5.2.7 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">Γαλάτεια, κάλλος Ἐρώτων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1601.tlg001:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1601.tlg001:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philox.</span> 8 </a> (nisi leg. <span class="foreign greek">θάλος</span>) <span class="quote greek">; Ἑλένη καὶ Λήδα καὶ ὅλως τὰ ἀρχαῖα κάλλη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg066:18:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg066:18.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">DMort.</span> 18.1 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg039:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg039:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Im.</span> 2 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> in pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">beautiful things</span>, as garments and stuffs, <span class="quote greek">ἐν ποικίλοις .. κάλλεσιν βαίνειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:923" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:923/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 923 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">βάπτειν τὰ κ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0461.tlg001:333" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0461.tlg001:333/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eup.</span> 333 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:110a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:110a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 110a </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:7:63" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:7.63/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 7.63 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span> </span> s.v.; <span class="quote greek">κυπαρίττων ὕψη καὶ κάλλη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:625c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:625c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 625c </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μεγέθεσιν κάλλεσίν τε ἔργων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:115d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:115d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Criti.</span> 115d </a> , etc.; <span class="foreign greek">τὰ κ. τῆς ἑρμηνείας</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">beauties</span> of style, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Longin.</span> 5.1 </span> (also in sg., <span class="foreign greek">τὸ κ. τῆς ἑρμ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Comp.</span> 3 </a>); <span class="foreign greek">κάλλεα κηροῦ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">beautiful works</span> of wax, i.e. honeycombs, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 9.363.15 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Mel.</span></span>); <span class="quote greek">κάλλη τοιαῦτα καὶ τοσαῦτα ἱερῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg003.perseus-grc1:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg003.perseus-grc1:25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 3.25 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">κ. οἰκοδομημάτων,</span> = <span class="ref greek">καλὰ οἰκοδομήματα</span> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.409a </span>, cf. <span class="bibl"> 935a </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:65:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:65.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.C.</span> 65.15 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pythag.</span> </span> name for <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">six</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2023.tlg004:p.34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2023.tlg004:p.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Iamb.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">in Nic.</span> p.34 </a> P.</div> </div><br><br>'}