καλοκαγαθία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From καλοκάγαθος (kalokágathos, “gentleman”) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā), from καλὸς καὶ ἀγαθός (kalòs kaì agathós, “beautiful and good”), shortened as καλός κἀγαθός (kalós kagathós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.lo.ka.ɡa.tʰí.aː/ → /ka.lo.ka.ɣaˈθi.a/ → /ka.lo.ka.ɣaˈθi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.lo.ka.ɡa.tʰí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.lo.ka.ɡaˈtʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.lo.ka.ɣaˈθi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.lo.ka.ɣaˈθi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.lo.ka.ɣaˈθi.a/

Noun

κᾰλοκᾰγᾰθίᾱ • (kalokagathíā) f (genitive κᾰλοκᾰγᾰθίᾱς); first declension

1. the traits and character of a gentleman; nobility, gentlemanliness.

   Antonym: ῥᾳδιουργίᾱ (rhāidiourgíā)

2. (philosophy) kalokagathia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ καλοκαγαθίᾱ; τῆς καλοκαγαθίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ καλοκαγαθίᾱ hē kalokagathíā	τὼ καλοκαγαθίᾱ tṑ kalokagathíā	αἱ καλοκαγαθίαι hai kalokagathíai
Genitive	τῆς καλοκαγαθίᾱς tês kalokagathíās	τοῖν καλοκαγαθίαιν toîn kalokagathíain	τῶν καλοκαγαθιῶν tôn kalokagathiôn
Dative	τῇ καλοκαγαθίᾳ têi kalokagathíāi	τοῖν καλοκαγαθίαιν toîn kalokagathíain	ταῖς καλοκαγαθίαις taîs kalokagathíais
Accusative	τὴν καλοκαγαθίᾱν tḕn kalokagathíān	τὼ καλοκαγαθίᾱ tṑ kalokagathíā	τᾱ̀ς καλοκαγαθίᾱς tā̀s kalokagathíās
Vocative	καλοκαγαθίᾱ kalokagathíā	καλοκαγαθίᾱ kalokagathíā	καλοκαγαθίαι kalokagathíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: kalokagathia (see more at translations)
• → Serbo-Croatian: kalokagàtija, калокага̀тија

Further reading

• “καλοκαγαθία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • magnanimity idem, page 507.