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|Definition=ή, όν, Aeol. [[κάλος]] (v. infr.), α, ον, Boeot. [[καλϝός]] <span class="title">Schwyzer</span> 538 (vi B. C.):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[beautiful]], of outward form, freq. of persons, κάλλιστος ἀνὴρ ὑπὸ Ἴλιον ἦλθεν <span class="bibl">Il.2.673</span>: in Hom. usu. in the phrase κ. τε μέγας τε <span class="bibl">Il.21.108</span>, al.; <b class="b3">μέγας καὶ κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Od.9.513</span>; καλή τε μεγάλη τε <span class="bibl">13.289</span>, <span class="bibl">15.418</span>; <b class="b3">καλὸς δέμας</b> [[beautiful]] of [[form]], <span class="bibl">17.307</span>; κ. ἰδέᾳ <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>10</span> (''ΙΙ'').<span class="bibl">103</span>; εἶδος κάλλιστος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.2.1</span>; κ. τὸ σῶμα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.6.30</span>; τὰς ὄψεις <span class="bibl">Theopomp.Hist.195</span>; <b class="b3">Χορῷ καλή</b> [[beauteous]] in the dance, <span class="bibl">Il. 16.180</span>: c. inf., καλλίονες καὶ μείζονες εἰσοράασθαι <span class="bibl">Od.10.396</span>; <b class="b3">ἐσορᾶν κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>8.19</span>: freq. of parts of the body, [[fair]], [[shapely]], <b class="b3">κ. πρόσωπα, ὅμματα, παρήϊα, σφυρά</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.19.285</span>, <span class="bibl">23.66</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.19.208</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.4.147</span>; Χρώς <span class="bibl">5.354</span>, al.; of clothes, <b class="b3">εἵματα, φάρεα, Χιτών, Χλαῖνα, πέδιλα</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.6.111</span>, <span class="bibl">24.277</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.2.43</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.10.365</span>, <span class="bibl">1.96</span>; πέπλος κάλλιστος ποικίλμασιν ἠδὲ μέγιστος <span class="bibl">Il.6.294</span>; of arms and armour, <b class="b3">κνημῖδες, ἀσπίς, σάκος, κόρυς, φάσγανα, ἔντεα</b>, <span class="bibl">3.331</span>, <span class="bibl">11.33</span>, <span class="bibl">22.314</span>, <span class="bibl">18.612</span>, <span class="bibl">15.713</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.19.18</span>; of buildings, manufactured articles, etc., αὐλὴ κ. τε μεγάλη τε <span class="bibl">14.7</span>; <b class="b3">κ. δώματα, τεῖχος, πόλιες</b>, <span class="bibl">3.387</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.21.447</span>, <span class="bibl">18.491</span>; [[ἄμαξα]], [[τράπεζα]], [[θρόνος]], <span class="bibl">24.267</span>, <span class="bibl">11.629</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.1.131</span>; also [[τέμενος]], [[ἀγρός]], <span class="bibl">Il.12.314</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.24.206</span>; so after Hom., Λύδιον κ. ἔργον Sapph.19, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐέρσα κ</b>. ead.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Supp.</span>25.12</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in Att. added to a name in token of love or admiration, as <b class="b3">Ἀρίσημος κ</b>. <span class="title">IG</span>12.921, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐν τοῖσι τοίχοις ἔγραφ' Ἀθηναῖοι καλοί</b>" <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Ach.</span>144</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">V.</span>98</span>; <b class="b3">Ἀλκιβιάδης ὁ καλός, Σαπφὼ ἡ καλή</b>, Pl.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1.113b, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phdr.</span>235c</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">ἡ Καλή</b> or [[Καλλίστη]], as epith., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>140</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Paus. 1.29.2</span>, <span class="title">CIG</span>4445 (Beroea). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> [[Καλοί]], [[οἱ]], divinities worshipped in childbirth, <span class="title">IG</span>5(1).1445 (Messene, ii B. C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">τὸ καλόν</b> [[beauty]], Sapph.79, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>21</span> (anap.), etc.; <b class="b3">τὰ καλά</b> [[the proprieties]] or [[elegancies]] of life, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.8</span>, <span class="bibl">207</span>; ἁπάντων καλῶν ἄμμορος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.84</span>; αἱ τέχναι ἃς πηγάς φασι τῶν κ. εἶναι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.2.13</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> with ref. to use, [[good]], [[of fine quality]], κ. λιμήν <span class="bibl">Od.6.263</span>; <b class="b3">Βορέῃ ἀνέμῳ… καλῷ</b> [[fair]], <span class="bibl">14.253</span>, <span class="bibl">299</span>; <b class="b3">κ. ἀργύριον</b>, opp. [[κίβδηλον]], [[genuine]] silver, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.1.9</span>; opp. [[ἀποτετριμμένον]], [[good]] silver currency, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>21.33</span> (iii B. C.); ἐλαῖαι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHib.</span> 1.49.12</span> (iii B. C.); γῆ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>8.15</span>; κ. οἶνος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFay.</span>133.8</span> (iv A. D.); στρατόπεδον κάλλιστον <span class="bibl">Th.5.60</span>; ἀνταπεδώκατε πονηρὰ ἀντὶ καλῶν <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span> 44.4</span>; κ. ἐς στρατιάν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.3.6</span>; πρός τι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Hp.Ma.</span>295c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Grg.</span>474d</span>, etc.: c. inf., λόφος κάλλιστος τρέχειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.8.26</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν καλῷ</b> ([[τόπῳ]]) in a [[good]] place, [[καθίζεσθαι]], [[ὁρμεῖν]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>292</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.1.25</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν καλῷ μὲν τοῦ κόλπου καὶ τῶν πόλεων, ἐν κ. δὲ τοῦ τὴν Χώραν βλάπτειν</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">6.2.9</span>; [[ἐν καλῷ]] = [[under]] [[favourable]] [[circumstance]]s, <span class="bibl">Th.5.59.60</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν κ</b>. (sc. [[χρόνῳ]]) in [[good]] [[time]], in [[season]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>1106</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν οὐ κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Or.</span>579</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν καλῷ</b> ([[ἐστι]]) c. inf., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>384</span> (so <b class="b3">καλόν ἐστι</b> c. inf., <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1155</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span> 278</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.8.2</span>); ἐς καλόν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>78</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>89e</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Smp.</span>174e</span>; <b class="b3">τί γὰρ ἐμοὶ ζῆν καλόν</b>; what is the [[good]] of life to me? <span class="bibl">Ph.2.594</span>; [[καλῇ πίστει]] = Lat. [[bona fide]], PTeb.418.14 (iii A. D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of sacrifices, [[auspicious]], σφάγια <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>379</span>; οἰωνοί <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>1333</span>; ἱερά <span class="bibl">Th.4.92</span>; τὸ τέλος κ. τῆς ἐξόδου <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.2.9</span>; κ. τὰ ἱερὰ ἦν αὐτῷ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.2.3</span>: c. inf., ἰέναι… κ. ἡμῖν τὰ ἱερὰ ἦν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>2.2.3</span>: Com., <b class="b3">τὰ τῆς πυγῆς κ</b>. (for <b class="b3">τοῦ θεοῦ</b>) <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Pax</span>868</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> in a moral sense, [[beautiful]], [[noble]], [[honourable]], in Hom. only in neut., οὐ καλὸν ἔειπες <span class="bibl">Od.8.166</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">17.381</span>; μεῖζον κλέος… καὶ κάλλιον <span class="bibl">18.255</span>; freq. [[καλόν]] ([[ἐστι]]) c. inf., κ. τοι σὺν ἐμοὶ τὸν κήδειν ὅς κ' ἐμὲ κήδῃ <span class="bibl">Il.9.615</span>; <b class="b3">οὐ γὰρ ἔμοιγε κ</b>. (sc. [[ἄρχειν]]) <span class="bibl">21.440</span>; οὐ κ. ἀτέμβειν οὐδὲ δίκαιον <span class="bibl">Od.20.294</span>; so in Trag., καλόν μοι τοῦτο ποιούσῃ θανεῖν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>72</span>, etc.; μάθετε καλὸν ποιεῖν <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Is.</span>1.17</span>: Comp., οὐ μέν τοι τόδε κάλλιον οὐδὲ ἔοικε <span class="bibl">Od.7.159</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.24.52</span>; after Hom. freq. of actions, etc., κάλων κἄσλων <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>2.4</span> (unless of persons here); καλὰ ἔργματα = [[noble]] [[deed]]s, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).42</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>839</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἀναστροφὴ κ</b>. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Pet.</span>2.12</span>: in pl., [[excellences]], πλῆθος καλῶν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.45</span>; πολλῶν καλῶν δεῖ τῷ καλόν τι μωμένῳ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>938</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ τοῦ παιδὸς κ</b>. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>8.17</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">τὸ κ</b>. [[moral beauty]], [[virtue]], [[honour]], opp. <b class="b3">τὸ αἰσχρόν</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.1.16</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>183d</span>, etc.; ὅττι καλόν, φίλον ἐστί, τὸ δ' οὐ καλὸν οὐ φίλον ἐστίν <span class="bibl">Thgn.17</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>881</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Ly.</span>216c</span>; οὐ ταὐτὸν ἡγῇ σύ, ὡς ἔοικας, κ. τε καὶ ἀγαθὸν καὶ κακὸν καὶ αἰσχρόν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Grg.</span>474d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Smp.</span>201e</span>; <b class="b3">τοὐμὸν κ</b>. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>300</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of persons, in early writers coupled with [[ἀγαθός]], v. [[καλοκἀγαθός]]; later κ. ποιμήν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Jo.</span>10.11</span>; κ. στρατιώτης ''2 Ep.Tim''. <span class="bibl">2.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> in Att. and Trag. freq. ironically, [[fine]], [[specious]], <b class="b3">γέρας κ</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>209</span>; κ. γὰρ οὑμὸς βίοτος ὥστε θαυμάσαι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>393</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>652</span>; κ. Χάρις <span class="bibl">D.9.65</span>; κ. ὕβριν ὑβρισμένοι <span class="bibl">Id.23.121</span>; καί σοι… θωπεῦσαι καλόν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span> 1003</span>; μετ' ὀνομάτων καλῶν <span class="bibl">Th.5.89</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">B</span> Degrees of Comp.: Comp. [[καλλίων]], [[ον]], <span class="bibl">Il.24.52</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.10.396</span>, etc.: neut. [[κάλιον]] [ᾰ] <span class="bibl">Alc.134</span>: Sup. [[κάλλιστος]], [[η]], [[ον]], <span class="bibl">Il.20.233</span>, etc.; late [[καλλιώτερος]] or <b class="b3">-ότερος</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1672.6</span> (i A. D.), Sch.<span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Tr.</span>966</span>; also καλώτερος <span class="bibl">Hdn.<span class="title">Epim.</span>69</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">C</span> Adv.:—Poets freq. use neut. [[καλόν]] as Adv., κ. ἀείδειν <span class="bibl">Il.18.570</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.1.155</span>; καλά <span class="bibl">Il.6.326</span>; later <b class="b3">τὸ κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Theoc.3.3</span>, <span class="bibl">18</span>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>53</span>, <span class="bibl">Herod.1.54</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> regul. Adv. [[καλῶς]] (Dor. καλώς <span class="bibl">Sophr.22</span>), [[well]], [[rightly]], οὐδ' ἔτι κ. οἶκος ἐμὸς διόλωλε <span class="bibl">Od.2.64</span>; [[καλῶς]] [[ζῆν]], [[καλῶς]] [[τεθνηκέναι]], etc., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>479</span>, etc.; [[καλῶς]] [[φρονεῖν]] = to be in one's [[right]] [[mind]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>836</span>; οὐ κ. ταρβεῖς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>457</span>; [[καλῶς]] [[ἀγωνιεῖσθαι]] = [[fairly]], on the [[merit]]s of the [[case]], <span class="bibl">Lys.13.88</span>; <b class="b3">Χρήματα δατῆθθαι κ</b>. <span class="title">Leg.Gort.</span>4.39; κ. εἰρημένα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 576.6</span>; κάλλιον λέγεις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>161b</span>; κάλλιστ' ἂν εἴποι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1172</span>: freq. in phrase <b class="b3">καλῶς καὶ εὖ, καλῶς τε καὶ εὖ</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>319e</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Prm.</span>128b</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of good [[fortune]], [[well]], [[happily]], [[καλῶς]] [[πράσσειν]], = [[εὖ π]]., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span> 979</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>271</span>; κ. καὶ εὖ πράττειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Chrm.</span>172a</span>; [[καλῶς]] [[ἔχειν]] = to be [[well]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>799</span>, etc.; κ. ἔχει σοι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>946</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>816</span>; [[καλῶς]] [[ἔχει]] c. inf., 'tis [[well]] to... <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.11.1</span>: c. gen., <b class="b3">κ. ἔχειν τινός</b> to be [[well off in]] [[respect to]] a thing, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Superf.</span>29</span>; κ. παράπλου κεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Th.1.36</span>; εἰ κ. σφίσιν ἔχοι <span class="bibl">Id.4.117</span>; οὔτε τοῖς θεοῖς ἔφη κ. ἔχειν, εἰ… <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.3.3</span>; καλλιόνως ἔχει <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>169e</span>, etc.; κάλλιστα ἕζει <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hp.Ma.</span>295b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[καλῶς]], = [[πάνυ]], [[thoroughly]], [[altogether]], τὸν κ. εὐδαίμονα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>317</span>, = <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Fr.</span>934</span>; κ. ἔξοιδα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>269</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OT</span>1008</span>; κ. ὑπὸ τοῦ πυρὸς διεφθάρθαι <span class="bibl">D.S.13.108</span>: Comp., κάλλιον εἰδέναι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Hp.Ma.</span>300d</span>; <b class="b3">κάλλιον ἐοικέναι</b> to be [[just]] like, Hp.<span class="title">Genit.</span>8. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">κ. ἀκούειν</b> to be [[well]] spoken of, <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Mon.</span>285</span>, Plu.2.177e. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">κ. ποιῶν</b> [[rightly]], [[deservedly]], κ. ποιῶν ἀπόλλυται <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>863</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.1.28</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.232</span>; in requests, <b class="b3">κ. ποιήσεις πριάμενος</b>, etc., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>3p.143</span> (iii B. C.), etc.; also c. inf., κ. π. γράψαι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1203.7</span> (i B. C.), etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> in answers, to approve the words of the former speaker, [[well said]]! <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1216</span>, <span class="bibl">D.39.15</span>; also, to decline an offer courteously, [[no]], [[thank you]]! <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>888</span>; κ. ἔχει <span class="bibl">Antiph.165</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Pk.</span>266</span>; <b class="b3">πάνυ κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>512</span>; <b class="b3">ἀμέλει κ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">532</span>: Sup., <b class="b3">κάλλιστ', ἐπαινῶ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">508</span>; ἔχει κάλλιστα <span class="bibl">Theoc.15.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">7</span> ironically, [[finely]], καλῶς ἐρήμης γ' ἂν σὺ γῆς ἄρχοις μόνος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>739</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>588</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>344</span>, <span class="bibl">Din.1.69</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">8</span> κ. ὁ [[ἱερεύς]] = [[hurrah]] for the [[priest]]! <span class="title">SIG</span>1109.14 (Athens, ii A. D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">9</span> repeated with the Adj., καλὴ καλῶς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>253</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pax</span>1330</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ec.</span>730</span>; καλὸς κάλλιστά τε ῥέξαις <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>9.94</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">10</span> Comp. καλλιόνως Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span> l.c., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>660d</span>: Sup. καλλίστως <span class="title">PMag.Par.</span>1.2443,2465, Sch.<span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>310</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">D</span> for compds., v. [[καλλι-, καλο-]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">E</span> Quantity: ᾱ in Ep. and early Iamb. Poets (exc. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ven.</span>29</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>63</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>585</span>): ᾰ in Lyr. (exc. κᾱλῶς <span class="bibl">B.12.206</span>) and Trag. (<span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Fr.</span>314</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1381</span> are corrupt).--In Eleg., Epigr., and Bucol. Poets ᾰ or ᾱ (the latter usu. in thesi); τὰ μὴ κᾰλὰ κᾱλὰ πέφανται <span class="bibl">Theoc.6.19</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Herod.7.115</span>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Jov.</span>55</span>.--In Comp., ῐ in Hom., ῑ in Trag. and later.</span>

|lsmtext='''καλός:''' -ή, -όν, όμορφος, [[ωραίος]], [[δίκαιος]], Λατ. [[pulcher]], λέγεται ως χαρακτηριστικό της εξωτερικής μορφής, σε Όμηρ. κ.λπ.·<br /><b class="num">Α. I. 1.</b> καλὸς [[δέμας]], [[καλός]] στο [[σώμα]], με [[καλή]] σωματική [[διάπλαση]], σε Ομήρ. Οδ.· ομοίως και, <i>εἶδοςκάλλιστος</i>, σε Ξεν.· καλὸς τὸ [[σῶμα]], στον ίδ.· με απαρ., κ. [[εἰσοράασθαι]], σε Όμηρ.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> τὸ [[καλόν]] όπως το [[κάλλος]], [[ομορφιά]], σε Ευρ. κ.λπ.· τὰ [[καλά]], [[ευπρέπεια]], [[σεμνότητα]], ανθρωπιά, [[κοσμιότητα]], αρετές του ανθρώπινου βίου, σε Ηρόδ. κ.λπ.<br /><b class="num">II. 1.</b> ως προς την [[χρήση]], όμορφος, [[αίσιος]], [[κατάλληλος]], [[καλός]], κ. [[λιμήν]], σε Ομήρ. Οδ.· <i>καλὸς εἴς τι</i>, σε Ξεν.· [[πρός]] τι, σε Πλάτ.· με απαρ., [[κάλλιστος]] τρέχειν, σε Ξεν.· [[ιδίως]] στις ακόλουθες φράσεις, <i>ἐνκαλῷ</i> (<i>τόπῳ</i>), σε [[καλή]] [[θέση]], σε Θουκ.· <i>ἐν καλῷ τοῦ κόλπου</i>, <i>τῆς πόλεως</i>, σε Ξεν.· <i>ἐν κ</i>. (ενν. <i>χρόνῳ</i>), την κατάλληλη ώρα, την κατάλληλη [[στιγμή]], σε Ευρ.· ομοίως και, [[καλόν]] ἐστι, με απαρ., σε Σοφ.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> λέγεται για θυσίες, [[καλός]], [[αίσιος]], [[ευοίωνος]], [[ευνοϊκός]], σε Αισχύλ. κ.λπ.<br /><b class="num">III. 1.</b> με [[ηθική]] [[σημασία]], όμορφος, [[καλός]], [[ευγενής]], [[καλόν]] (<i>ἐστι</i>), με απαρ., σε Όμηρ. κ.λπ.· <i>καλὰ ἔργματα</i>, συγγενείς πράξεις, σε Πίνδ. κ.λπ.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> τὸ [[καλόν]], [[ηθική]] [[ομορφιά]], [[αρετή]], αντίθ. προς <i>τὸ αἰσχρόν</i> (τα [[honestum]] και [[turpe]] του Κικέρωνα), σε Ξεν., Πλάτ.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b>σε Αττ. όχι [[σπανίως]] ειρωνικά, όπως το Λατ. [[praeclarus]], [[θαυμάσιος]], [[λαμπρός]], [[ευγενικός]], κ. γὰρ οὑμὸς [[βίοτος]], [[ὥστε]] θαυμάσαι, σε Σοφ.· μετ' ὀνομάτων [[καλῶν]], σε Θουκ. <b>Β.</b> ΒΑΘΜΟΙ ΣΥΓΚΡΙΣΗΣ· συγκρ. [[καλλίων]] [ι], <i>-ον</i>, υπερθ. [[κάλλιστος]], <i>-η</i>, <i>-ον</i>, σε Όμηρ. κ.λπ. <b>Γ.</b> Επίρρ., [[καλόν]] ως επίρρ., <i>καλὸν ἀείδειν</i> κ.λπ., σε Όμηρ.· ομοίως [[καλά]], σε Ομήρ. Ιλ.· τὸ [[καλόν]], σε Θεόκρ.<br /><b class="num">II. 1.</b> ομαλ. επίρρ. [[καλῶς]], [[κυρίως]] με [[ηθική]] [[σημασία]], [[καλώς]], [[ορθώς]], [[δικαίως]], σε Ομήρ. Οδ.· [[καλῶς]] [[ζῆν]], <i>τεθνηκέναι κ.λπ</i>., σε Σοφ. κ.λπ.· οὐ [[καλῶς]] ταρβεῖς, στον ίδ.· [[συχνά]] στη [[φράση]] [[καλῶς]] καὶ εὖ, [[καλῶς]] τε καὶ εὖ, σε Πλάτ.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> λέγεται για [[καλή]] [[τύχη]], [[καλώς]], ευτυχώς, <i>κ. πράσσειν = εὖ πρ</i>., σε Αισχύλ. κ.λπ.· <i>κ. ἔχειν</i>, [[ευτυχώ]] ως προς [[κάτι]], στον ίδ.· κ. [[ἔχει]], με απαρ., είναι καλό να..., σε Ξεν.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> [[καλῶς]] = [[πάνυ]], [[τελείως]], κ. [[ἔξοιδα]], σε Σοφ.· ομοίως και στον συγκρ., [[κάλλιον]] [[εἰδέναι]], σε Πλάτ.· και σε υπερθ., [[κάλλιστα]], σε Σοφ. κ.λπ.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> <i>κ. ποιῶν</i>, ως επίρρ., [[ορθώς]], [[δικαίως]], Λατ. [[merito]], <i>κ. ποιῶν ἀπόλλυται</i>, σε Αριστοφ.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> σε απαντήσεις, ως [[επιδοκιμασία]] των λόγων του προηγούμενου ομιλητή, [[πολύ]] [[καλά]]! Λατ. [[euge]], σε Ευρ., Δημ.· [[αλλά]] επίσης, όταν αρνείται [[κάποιος]] μια [[προσφορά]] ευγενικά ή με [[ειρωνεία]], σ' [[ευχαριστώ]]! Λατ. [[benigne]], σε Αριστοφ.· και στον υπερθ. <i>κάλλιστ'</i>, <i>ἐπαινῶ</i>, στον ίδ.<br /><b class="num">6.</b> ειρων., [[λαμπρά]], Λατ. [[belle]], σε Σοφ., Ευρ. <b>Δ.</b> ΠΟΣΟΤΗΤΑ· <i>ᾱ</i> στους Επικ. Ποιητές, <i>ᾰ</i> σε Αττ.· σε μεταγεν. Ποιητές <i>ᾰ</i> ή <i>ᾱ</i>, αντιστοίχως των απαιτήσεων, των αναγκών δηλ. του μέτρου.

|mdlsjtxt=[[καλός]], ή, όν<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[beautiful]], beauteous, [[fair]], Lat. [[pulcher]], of [[outward]] [[form]], Hom., etc.; καλὸς [[δέμας]] [[beautiful]] of [[form]], Od.; so, [[εἶδος]] [[κάλλιστος]] Xen.; καλὸς τὸ [[σῶμα]] Xen.; c. inf., κ. [[εἰσοράασθαι]] Hom.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> τὸ [[καλόν]], like [[κάλλος]], [[beauty]], Eur., etc.: τὰ [[καλά]] the decencies, proprieties, elegancies of [[life]], Hdt., etc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> in [[reference]] to use, [[beautiful]], [[fair]], [[good]], κ. [[λιμήν]] Od.; καλὸς εἴς τι Xen.; πρός τι Plat.; c. inf., [[κάλλιστος]] τρέχειν Xen.;—esp. in the foll. phrases, ἐν καλῷ [τόπῳ] in a [[good]] [[place]], Thuc.; ἐν καλῷ τοῦ κόλπου, τῆς πόλεως Xen.; ἐν κ. (sub. χρόνῳ), in [[good]] [[time]], in [[season]], Eur.:—so, [[καλόν]] ἐστι, c. inf., Soph.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of sacrifices, [[good]], [[auspicious]], Aesch., etc.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> in [[moral]] [[sense]], [[beautiful]], [[noble]], [[καλόν]] [ἐστι] c. inf., Hom., etc.; καλὰ ἔργματα [[noble]] deeds, Pind., etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> τὸ [[καλόν]] [[moral]] [[beauty]], [[virtue]], opp. to τὸ αἰσχρόν ([[Cicero]]'s [[honestum]] and [[turpe]]), Xen., Plat.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> in [[attic]] not [[seldom]] [[ironically]], like Lat. [[praeclarus]], [[admirable]], [[specious]], [[fair]], κ. γὰρ οὑμὸς [[βίοτος]], [[ὥστε]] θαυμάσαι Soph.; μετ' ὀνομάτων [[καλῶν]] Thuc.<br />B. Degrees of comp.: comp. [[καλλίων]] ([[short]] ι) ον, Sup. [[κάλλιστος]], η, ον, Hom., etc.<br />C. adv.:— [[καλόν]] as adv., καλὸν ἀείδειν, etc., Hom.; so [[καλά]] Il.; τὸ [[καλόν]] Theocr.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> regul. adv. [[καλῶς]], [[mostly]] in [[moral]] [[sense]], well, [[rightly]], Od.; [[καλῶς]] ζῆν, τεθνηκέναι, etc., Soph., etc.; οὐ [[καλῶς]] ταρβεῖς Soph.; often in [[phrase]] [[καλῶς]] καὶ εὖ, [[καλῶς]] τε καὶ εὖ Plat.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of [[good]] [[fortune]], well, [[happily]], κ. πράσσειν = εὖ πρ. to [[fare]] well, Aesch., etc.; κ. ἔχειν to be well, Aesch.; κ. [[ἔχει]], c. inf., 'tis well to… , Xen.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> [[καλῶς]] = [[πάνυ]], [[right]] well, κ. [[ἔξοιδα]] Soph.; so in comp., [[κάλλιον]] [[εἰδέναι]] Plat.; and in Sup. [[κάλλιστα]], Soph., etc.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> κ. ποιῶν, as adv., [[rightly]], [[deservedly]], Lat. [[merito]], κ. ποιῶν ἀπόλλυται Ar.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> in answers, to [[approve]] the words of the [[former]] [[speaker]], well said! Lat. [[euge]], Eur., Dem.:—but, also, to [[decline]] an [[offer]] [[courteously]] or [[ironically]], [[thank]] you! Lat. [[benigne]], Ar.; and in Sup., κάλλιστ', ἐπαινῶ Ar.<br /><b class="num">6.</b> [[ironically]], [[finely]], Lat. [[belle]], Soph., Eur.<br />D. Quantity: ᾱ in epic Poets: ᾰ in [[attic]]: in [[later]] Poets ᾰ or ᾱ, as the [[verse]] requires.