Καλλικλῆς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”) +‎ -κλῆς (-klês).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kal.li.klɛ̂ːs/ → /kal.liˈklis/ → /ka.liˈklis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kal.li.klɛ̂ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kal.liˈkle̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kal.liˈklis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kal.liˈklis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.liˈklis/

Noun

Κᾰλλῐκλῆς • (Kăllĭklês) m (genitive Κᾰλλῐκλέους); third declension

1. a male given name, Kallicles
   • 380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 447a:

     τούτων μέντοι, ὦ Καλλίκλεις, αἴτιος Χαιρεφῶν ὅδε, ἐν ἀγορᾷ ἀναγκάσας ἡμᾶς διατρῖψαι.

     toútōn méntoi, ô Kallíkleis, aítios Khairephôn hóde, en agorâi anankásas hēmâs diatrîpsai.

     For this, Kallicles, this Chaerephon is responsible, since he forced us to waste time in the marketplace.

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Κᾰλλῐκλῆς; τοῦ Κᾰλλῐκλέους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κᾰλλῐκλῆς ho Kăllĭklês
Genitive	τοῦ Κᾰλλῐκλέους toû Kăllĭkléous
Dative	τῷ Κᾰλλῐκλεῖ tôi Kăllĭkleî
Accusative	τὸν Κᾰλλῐκλέᾱ tòn Kăllĭkléā
Vocative	Κᾰλλῐ́κλεις Kăllĭ́kleis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Κᾰλλῐ́κλειᾰ (Kăllĭ́kleiă)

References

• “Καλλικλῆς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Καλλικλῆς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette