Καλλιστώ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κάλλιστος (kállistos, “sheenest”) +‎ -ώ (-ṓ), thus literally meaning "the most beautiful one".

Proper noun

Καλλιστώ • (Kallistṓ) f (genitive Καλλιστοῦς); third declension

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Callisto

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Καλλιστώ; τῆς Καλλιστοῦς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Καλλιστώ hē Kallistṓ
Genitive	τῆς Καλλιστοῦς tês Kallistoûs
Dative	τῇ Καλλιστοῖ têi Kallistoî
Accusative	τὴν Καλλιστώ tḕn Kallistṓ
Vocative	Καλλιστοῖ Kallistoî
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “Καλλιστώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers