καλλίπυγος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom κᾰ́λλος (kállos, “beauty”) + πῡγή (pūgḗ, “buttocks”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kal.lí.pyː.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kalˈli.py.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kalˈli.py.ɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kalˈli.py.ɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kaˈli.pi.ɣos/
Adjective
editκᾰλλῐ́πῡγος • (kallípūgos) m or f (neuter κᾰλλῐ́πῡγον); second declension
- callipygian, callipygous (with beautifully shaped buttocks)
Inflection
editNumber | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | κᾰλλῐ́πῡγος kallípūgos |
κᾰλλῐ́πῡγον kallípūgon |
κᾰλλῐπῡ́γω kallipū́gō |
κᾰλλῐπῡ́γω kallipū́gō |
κᾰλλῐ́πῡγοι kallípūgoi |
κᾰλλῐ́πῡγᾰ kallípūga | ||||||||
Genitive | κᾰλλῐπῡ́γου kallipū́gou |
κᾰλλῐπῡ́γου kallipū́gou |
κᾰλλῐπῡ́γοιν kallipū́goin |
κᾰλλῐπῡ́γοιν kallipū́goin |
κᾰλλῐπῡ́γων kallipū́gōn |
κᾰλλῐπῡ́γων kallipū́gōn | ||||||||
Dative | κᾰλλῐπῡ́γῳ kallipū́gōi |
κᾰλλῐπῡ́γῳ kallipū́gōi |
κᾰλλῐπῡ́γοιν kallipū́goin |
κᾰλλῐπῡ́γοιν kallipū́goin |
κᾰλλῐπῡ́γοις kallipū́gois |
κᾰλλῐπῡ́γοις kallipū́gois | ||||||||
Accusative | κᾰλλῐ́πῡγον kallípūgon |
κᾰλλῐ́πῡγον kallípūgon |
κᾰλλῐπῡ́γω kallipū́gō |
κᾰλλῐπῡ́γω kallipū́gō |
κᾰλλῐπῡ́γους kallipū́gous |
κᾰλλῐ́πῡγᾰ kallípūga | ||||||||
Vocative | κᾰλλῐ́πῡγε kallípūge |
κᾰλλῐ́πῡγον kallípūgon |
κᾰλλῐπῡ́γω kallipū́gō |
κᾰλλῐπῡ́γω kallipū́gō |
κᾰλλῐ́πῡγοι kallípūgoi |
κᾰλλῐ́πῡγᾰ kallípūga | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
κᾰλλῐπῡ́γως kallipū́gōs |
κᾰλλῐπῡγότερος kallipūgóteros |
κᾰλλῐπῡγότᾰτος kallipūgótatos | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Descendants
edit- English: callipygian
References
edit- “καλλίπυγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek καλλίπυγος (kallípugos).
Adjective
editκαλλίπυγος • (kallípygos) m (feminine καλλίπυγη, neuter καλλίπυγο)
- callipygian, callipygous (with beautifully shaped buttocks)
Declension
editDeclension of καλλίπυγος
number case \ gender |
singular | plural | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | καλλίπυγος • | καλλίπυγη • | καλλίπυγο • | καλλίπυγοι • | καλλίπυγες • | καλλίπυγα • |
genitive | καλλίπυγου • | καλλίπυγης • | καλλίπυγου • | καλλίπυγων • | καλλίπυγων • | καλλίπυγων • |
accusative | καλλίπυγο • | καλλίπυγη • | καλλίπυγο • | καλλίπυγους • | καλλίπυγες • | καλλίπυγα • |
vocative | καλλίπυγε • | καλλίπυγη • | καλλίπυγο • | καλλίπυγοι • | καλλίπυγες • | καλλίπυγα • |
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