ἀκαλλής
ὄλβιος ὅστις ἱστορίης ἔσχεν μάθησιν → happy the man who has gained knowledge through inquiry (Εuripides, fr. 910)
English (LSJ)
ές,
A without charms, γυνή Hp.Ep.15; σῶμα Luc.Hist. Conscr.48; γῆ αὐχμηρὰ καὶ ἀ. (v.l. ἀκαμής) Id.Prom.14; [ὕλη] ἀ. καὶ αἰσχρά Procl. in Alc.p.326 C.: Comp., Olymp. in Grg. p.243J.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀκαλλής: -ές, = ἄνευ θελγήτρων, σῶμα, Λουκ. πῶς δεῖ, Ἱστ. Συγγρ. 48· γῆ αὐχμηρὰ καὶ ἀκ. (ἄλλη γραφ. ἀκαμής), ὁ αὐτ. Προμ. 14.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ής, ές :
sans beauté, sans charme.
Étymologie: ἀ, κάλλος.
Spanish (DGE)
-ές
I 1sin atractivo, feo οὐκ ἀ. ... Δόξα Hp.Ep.15, σῶμα Luc.Hist.Cons.48, ἀ. καὶ αἰσχρά Procl.in Alc.326, cf. Luc.Prom.14, Olymp.in Grg.12.10, Clem.Al.Paed.3.2.11
•subst. τὸ ἀ. fealdad Gr.Nyss.Eun.3.1.26
•ret. falta de adorno τῆς λέξεως Pall.H.Laus.proem.4.
2 moralmente feo, indecoroso, torpe Cyr.Al.M.71.32A
•subst. τὸ ἀ. torpeza, fealdad Cyr.Al.M.69.773A.
II adv. -ῶς de un modo feo u obsceno αἰσχρολογεῖν καὶ ἀ. λέγειν Anon.in Rh.171.26.
