καλόν

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Ancient Greek edit

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κᾱλόν (kālón) (Homeric, poetic)

  1. inflection of κᾱλός (kālós, beautiful, lovely; beauteous, fair, good, fine; admirable, honorable, noble; moral, virtuous):
    1. masculine accusative singular
    2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular

κᾰλόν (kalón) (Attic, Koine)

  1. inflection of κᾰλός (kalós, beautiful, lovely; beauteous, fair, good, fine; admirable, honorable, noble; moral, virtuous):
    1. masculine accusative singular
    2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
  1. ^ The /α/ is short by nature, but because the word was originally καλϝόν (kalwón), the first syllable scans as heavy in Homer.