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καλός

III beautiful, noble, honourable, in Hom. only in neut., οὐ καλὸν ἔειπες Od. 8.166, cf. 17.381; μεῖζον κλέος . . καὶ κάλλιον 18.255; freq. καλόν [ ἐστι] c. inf., κ. τοι σὺν ἐμοὶ τὸν κήδειν ὅς κʼ ἐμὲ κήδῃ Il. 9.615; οὐ γὰρ ἔμοιγε κ. (sc. ἄρχειν) 21.440; οὐ κ. ἀτέμβειν οὐδὲ δίκαιον Od. 20.294; so in Trag., καλόν μοι τοῦτο ποιούσῃ θανεῖν S. Ant. 72, etc.; μάθετε καλὸν ποιεῖν LXX Is. 1.17: Comp., οὐ μέν τοι τόδε κάλλιον οὐδὲ ἔοικε Od. 7.159, cf. Il. 24.52; after Hom. freq. of actions, etc., κάλων κἄσλων Sapph. Supp. 2.4 (unless of persons here); κ. ἔργματα noble deeds, Pi. I. 4(3).42, cf. S. Fr. 839, etc.; ἀναστροφὴ κ. 1 Ep.Pet. 2.12: in pl., excellences, πλῆθος καλῶν Pi. O. 13.45; πολλῶν καλῶν δεῖ τῷ καλόν τι μωμένῳ S. Fr. 938; τὰ τοῦ παιδὸς κ. X. Smp. 8.17.

ἐσθλός

ἐσθλός -ή, -όν. 1 Well-born, noble Od. 6.284. 2 Warlike, soldierly, stout, skilful in fight Il. 2.366, Il. 4.458, Il. 6.444, Il. 24.167, etc.: Od. 8.582, 585, Od. 22.204. Absol.: ἐσθλὰ [τεύχεα] ἐ. ἔδυνεν Il. 14.382. Cf. Il. 5.176 = Il. 16.425, Il. 9.319, Il. 22.158. 3 Passing into (4): πατέρʼ ἐσθλόν Od. 1.115. Cf. Od. 2.46, 71, Od. 3.98 = Od. 4.328, Od. 3.379, Od. 4.236, 724 = 814, Od. 4.726 = 816, Od. 16.214, Od. 19.395, Od. 23.360. 4 Good, worthy, serviceable, skilled: ἀγορηταί Il. 3.151. Cf. Il. 5.51, Il. 7.126, Il. 20.396, Il. 23.112, 546, 636: ἑταῖροι Od. 2.391. Cf. Od. 2.33, Od. 3.471, Od. 5.110 = 133 = Od. 7.251, Od. 8.110, Od. 11.7 = Od. 12.149, Od. 14.104, Od. 15.310, 557, Od. 16.263, Od. 17.381, Od. 19.334, Od. 23.331, Od. 24.427. Of horses Il. 23.348. Absol.: ἐσθλοῖς ἠδὲ κακοῖσιν Od. 6.189. Cf. Od. 8.553, Od. 22.415 = Od. 23.66. 5 In moral sense, good, of right feeling. Absol.: φρένες ἐσθλῶν Il. 13.115, Il. 15.203. Cf. Il. 9.514. Of the mind, showing discretion, good judgment or discernment, well-balanced: νόον Il. 13.733. Cf. Il. 17.470: Od. 2.117 = Od. 7.111, Od. 7.73, Od. 11.367. 6 Of things or abstractions, good of their kind, good, excellent, fine, helpful, in place, or the like: ἔπος (promising good fortune) Il. 1.108, φάρμακα Il. 11.831. Cf. Il. 1.576, Il. 5.3, Il. 10.213, Il. 14.382, Il. 18.313, etc.: κτήματα Od. 2.312, ὁμοφροσύνην Od. 6.182. Cf. Od. 6.30, Od. 9.242, Od. 12.347, Od. 19.547 (boding well), etc. Morally good or fitting. Absol.: ἐσθλά τε καὶ τὰ χέρεια Od. 18.229 = Od. 20.310. 7 Absol. in neut. ἐσθλόν a A good thing. With infin.: ἐ. [ἐστι] Διὶ χεῖρας ἀνασχέμεν Il. 24.301. b What is good, good: ἄλλοτε κακῷ κύρεται ἄλλοτʼ ἐσθλῷ Il. 24.530. Cf. Od. 15.488. 8 a Absol. in neut. pl. ἐσθλά in sense 7.b: μυρἴ ἐσθλὰ ἔοργε (has done much good service) Il. 2.272, ἐσθλὰ φραζομένῳ Il. 12.212. Cf. Il. 10.448: ἔσθλʼ ἀγορεύοντες (fair words) Od. 17.66. Cf. Od. 20.86. b Good or valuable material things: πολλὰ καὶ ἐσθλά Od. 4.96. Cf. Od. 10.523 = Od. 11.31.

καλός

καλός -ή, -όν. Formed fr. κάλλος nom. neut. comp. κάλλιον Il. 24.52: Od. 3.69, Od. 6.39, Od. 17.583, Od. 18.255, etc. Nom. pl. masc. καλλίονες Od. 10.396. Superl. κάλλιστος, -η, -ον Il. 2.673, Il. 6.294, Il. 9.140, Il. 21.158, etc.: Od. 4.614, Od. 9.11, Od. 11.239, Od. 15.107, etc. (Often used merely as a more or less conventional epithet.) 1 In reference to personal beauty a Of a god or a man, well-favoured, shapely, goodly: κάλλιστος ἀνήρ Il. 2.673. Cf. Il. 3.169, Il. 20.233, Il. 21.108: καλός τε καὶ ἀρτίπος Od. 8.310. Cf. Od. 1.301=Od. 3.199, Od. 6.276, Od. 9.513, Od. 10.396, Od. 11.310, 522. Sim.: καλὸν εἶδος Il. 3.44. Of parts or appendages of the body, shapely, goodly, beauteous: σφυρά Il. 4.147, χρόα Il. 5.858, ὄμματα Il. 23.66. Cf. Il. 11.352, Il. 21.398, Il. 22.321, Il. 23.805: Od. 1.208, Od. 8.85, Od. 13.398, 430, Od. 15.332, Od. 16.15=Od. 17.39, Od. 19.417, Od. 24.44. b Of a goddess or a woman, fair, lovely, beauteous, comely: χορῷ καλὴ πολυμήλη (in the dance) Il. 16.180. Cf. Il. 8.305, Il. 9.140 = 282, 556, Il. 16.175, Il. 18.383, Il. 22.155: ἁλοσύδνης Od. 4.404. Cf. Od. 3.464, Od. 6.108, Od. 8.320, Od. 11.271, 321, Od. 13.289=Od. 16.158, Od. 15.418. Of parts or appendages of the body, fair, lovely, beauteous: χρόα Il. 5.354, πλοκάμους Il. 14.177, πρόσωπα Il. 19.285. Cf. Il. 14.175: Od. 2.376, Od. 4.749, Od. 18.192, Od. 19.208, 263. c Of a god and goddess: Ἄρης καὶ Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη . . . καλὼ καὶ μεγάλω Il. 18.518. d Of the Dawn, bright Il. 9.707. 2 Of animals, goodly, shapely, well-formed, well-grown: καλλίστους ἵππους Il. 10.436: βόες Od. 12.262, 355. Cf. Od. 9.426, Od. 17.307. Sim.: πώεα καλὰ οἰῶν Il. 18.528: Od. 11.528: Od. 11.402, Od. 12.129, Od. 24.112. 3 Of places, fair, delightful, pleasant to dwell in Il. 9.152 = 294, Il. 18.491: Od. 19.173. 4 Of things of use buildings, constructions, etc., well-made, well-constructed, fair, goodly, fine, beauteous, or the like: χιτῶνα Il. 2.43, τεύχεα Il. 3.89, δίφροι Il. 5.194, τεῖχος Il. 8.447. Cf. Il. 3.331, 388, Il. 6.294, Il. 11.629, Il. 14.185, Il. 22.3, Il. 23.268, etc.: πέδιλα Od. 1.96, δώματα Od. 3.387, εἵματα Od. 6.111. Cf. Od. 1.131, Od. 3.63, 351, Od. 5.232, Od. 8.69, Od. 14.7, Od. 19.18, Od. 21.7, Od. 24.3, etc. Sim. absol.: καλὰ ἕννυσθαι Od. 6.27. 5 In various applications as an epithet of general commendation, fair, goodly, fine, beauteous, calculated to win acceptance or give satisfaction, or the like: πλατανίστῳ Il. 2.307, ἱερά Il. 11.727, ἄλσεα Il. 20.8. Cf. Il. 5.92, Il. 6.195, 218, Il. 14.351, Il. 17.55, etc.: δῶρον Od. 1.312, κειμήλια Od. 10.40, ἀγρόν Od. 24.206. Cf. Od. 4.473, Od. 15.76, Od. 17.600, etc. Of a star, fair, bright Il. 6.401, Il. 22.318. Of waters, fair, bright, gleaming Il. 2.850, Il. 16.229, Il. 21.158, 238, 244, etc.: Od. 6.87, Od. 11.239, 240. Of the voice, sweet, ravishing Il. 1.604: Od. 5.61, Od. 10.221, Od. 24.60. Of a wind, fair Od. 14.253, 299. Becoming, gracing: πάντα καλὰ θανόντι περ Il. 22.73. Pleasing, delightsome: τό γε καλὸν ἀκουέμεν ἐοτὶν ἀοιδοῦ Od. 1.370. Cf. Od. 9.3, 11. Conferring distinction, bringing honour or fame: ἀέθλια Od. 21.117. Cf.Od. 11.184, Od. 18.255=Od. 19.128. 6 Absol. in neut. καλόν, a fitting orseemly thing, fitting, seemly, well, proper. With infin.: οὐ γὰρ ἔμοιγε κ. [ἄρχειν] Il. 21.440. Cf. Il. 9.615, Il. 17.19, Il. 19.79: οὐ κ. ἀτέμβειν . . . Od. 20.294, Od. 21.312. Cf. Od. 18.287. 7 Absol. in neut. comp. κάλλιον, a more fitting or seemly thing, more fitting, seemly or proper, better: ἐπεὶ πολὺ κ. οὕτως Od. 3.358, Od. 8.543. Cf. Od. 3.69, Od. 6.39, Od. 17.583. Fitting, seemly, well (rather than the reverse): οὔ οἱ τό γε κ. Il. 24.52. Cf. Od. 7.159, Od. 8.549. 8 In neut. καλόν as adv. a Well, in seemly wise: οὐ κ. ἔειπες Od. 8.166. b Sweetly, ravishingly: κ. ἀοιδιάει Od. 10.227. Cf. Il. 1.473, Il. 18.570: Od. 1.155, Od. 8.266, Od. 19.519, Od. 21.411. 9 In neut. pl. καλά as adv. a Well, in becoming, seemly or fitting wise: οὐ κ. χόλον τόνδʼ ἔνθεο θυμῷ (you do not well in this) Il. 6.326. Cf. Il. 13.116: οὐ κ. ἔβαλες ἀλήτην (it was ill in you to . . .) Od. 17.483. Cf. Od. 17.381, 397. b Well, with good consequences, in favouring circumstances: οὐ κ. συνοισόμεθα πτόλεμόνδε (it will be ill for some of us) Il. 8.400: οὐκέτι κ. ἀναχωρήσειν Od. 17.460 (i.e. the impunity you have enjoyed is now to cease). c With prudence or good judgment: οὐκέτι: κ. δόμων ἄπο τῆλʼ ἀλάλησαι Od. 15.10 (i.e. it is time to make for home). d Sweetly, with sympathy: ὥς μοι κ. τὸν οἶτον παιδός ἔνισπες Il. 24.388.