Latin edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) calli- (beautiful) -kles (kleos: fame, glory)

Proper noun edit

Calliclēs m sg (genitive Calliclis); third declension

  1. a male given name, character in the play Truculentus of Plautus

Declension edit

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Calliclēs
Genitive Calliclis
Dative Calliclī
Accusative Calliclem
Ablative Callicle
Vocative Calliclēs

References edit

  • Callicles”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Callicles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.