καλλίας

See also: Καλλίας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• καλλίαρ (kallíar) — Doric
• καλλίης (kallíēs) — Ionic

Etymology

According to Beekes, perhaps a euphemistic usage of the personal name Καλλίας (Kallías), which has been connected with κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kal.lí.aːs/ → /kalˈli.as/ → /kaˈli.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kal.lí.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kalˈli.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kalˈli.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kalˈli.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈli.as/

Noun

καλλίᾱς • (kallíās) m (genitive καλλίου); first declension

1. A kind of tame monkey

Inflection

First declension of ὁ καλλίᾱς; τοῦ καλλίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ καλλίᾱς ho kallíās	τὼ καλλίᾱ tṑ kallíā	οἱ καλλίαι hoi kallíai
Genitive	τοῦ καλλίου toû kallíou	τοῖν καλλίαιν toîn kallíain	τῶν καλλιῶν tôn kalliôn
Dative	τῷ καλλίᾳ tôi kallíāi	τοῖν καλλίαιν toîn kallíain	τοῖς καλλίαις toîs kallíais
Accusative	τὸν καλλίᾱν tòn kallíān	τὼ καλλίᾱ tṑ kallíā	τοὺς καλλίᾱς toùs kallíās
Vocative	καλλίᾱ kallíā	καλλίᾱ kallíā	καλλίαι kallíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “καλλίας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• καλλίας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN