κάλλιον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kál.li.on/ → /ˈkal.li.on/ → /ˈka.li.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kál.li.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.li.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.li.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.li.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.li.on/

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

κάλλῐον • (kállion)

1. inflection of καλλίων (kallíōn):
   1. neuter nominative/accusative singular
   2. masculine/feminine/neuter vocative singular

Adverb

κάλλιον • (kállion)

1. compd of καλῶς (kalôs)

Descendants

• Greek: κάλλιο (kállio)
• → Latin: callion

Etymology 2

Noun

κάλλῐον • (kállion) n (genitive καλλίου); second declension

1. a precinct used as a court at Athens
2. a board or bench of magistrates

Declension

Second declension of τὸ κάλλῐον; τοῦ καλλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κάλλῐον tò kállion	τὼ καλλῐ́ω tṑ kallíō	τᾰ̀ κάλλῐᾰ tà kállia
Genitive	τοῦ καλλῐ́ου toû kallíou	τοῖν καλλῐ́οιν toîn kallíoin	τῶν καλλῐ́ων tôn kallíōn
Dative	τῷ καλλῐ́ῳ tôi kallíōi	τοῖν καλλῐ́οιν toîn kallíoin	τοῖς καλλῐ́οις toîs kallíois
Accusative	τὸ κάλλῐον tò kállion	τὼ καλλῐ́ω tṑ kallíō	τᾰ̀ κάλλῐᾰ tà kállia
Vocative	κάλλῐον kállion	καλλῐ́ω kallíō	κάλλῐᾰ kállia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κάλλιον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κάλλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κάλλιον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “κάλλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G2566 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • better idem, page 77.