καλοκἀγαθός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, an adject. form, perhaps only in Poll.4.11 (in all early writers written [[divisim]] [[καλὸς κἀγαθός]]); καλὸς κἀγαθός orig. denotes a [[perfect gentleman]], Hdt.1.30, Ar.Eq.185, 735, al., Th.4.40, 8.48, X.HG5.3.9, Arist.Pol.1293b39, etc.; καλώ τε κἀγαθώ X.An.4.1.19; but later in a moral sense, a [[perfect]] [[character]], Arist.MM1207b25; also applied to qualities, actions, etc., οὐδὲν καλὸν κἀγαθὸν [[εἰδέναι]] Pl.Ap.21d; τῶν καλῶν τε κἀγαθῶν ἔργων X. Mem.2.1.20; [[οὐκοῦν]] ἡ μὲν μετὰ φρονήσεως [[καρτερία]] καλὴ κἀγαθή; = and [[endurance]] joined with [[wisdom]] is [[noble]] and [[good]]? Pl.La.192c; [[καρδία]] καλὴ καὶ ἀγαθή Ev.Luc.8.15; πάντα ἔμοιγε δοκεῖ τὰ καλὰ καὶ τἀγαθὰ ἀσκητὰ εἶναι X.Mem.1.2.23, cf. Cyr.2.1.17; of things, [[admirable]], [[splendid]], ib.3.3.6; πᾶν ὅ τι καλὸν καὶ κἀγαθόν ἐστιν ἐν Σάρδεσιν ib.7.2.12; μαντεῖαι πολλαὶ καὶ καλαὶ κἀγ. καὶ ἀληθεῖς D.Ep.1.16: Sup., ὅ τι κάλλιστον καὶ ἄριστον ἔχετε X.An. 2.1.9, cf. 5.6.28: rarely with words between, ἦν καὶ καλός, ὦ δέσποτα, καὶ ἀγαθός [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Id.Cyr.4.6.3; ἅμα μὲν καλός, ἅμα δὲ ἀγαθός Pl.Ti.88c; καλὸς μὲν γὰρ ἦν καὶ ἀγαθὸς ὁ Βρασίδας Plu.Lyc.25.