κάλλιον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(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/

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Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

κάλλῐον • (kállĭon)

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

Adverb

κάλλιον • (kállion)

compd of καλῶς (kalôs)

Descendants

Greek: κάλλιο (kállio)
→ Latin: callion

Etymology 2

Noun

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

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

Declension

Second declension of τὸ κάλλῐον; τοῦ καλλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κάλλῐον tò kállĭon	τὼ καλλῐ́ω tṑ kallĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κάλλῐᾰ tằ kállĭă
Genitive	τοῦ καλλῐ́ου toû kallĭ́ou	τοῖν καλλῐ́οιν toîn kallĭ́oin	τῶν καλλῐ́ων tôn kallĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ καλλῐ́ῳ tôi kallĭ́ōi	τοῖν καλλῐ́οιν toîn kallĭ́oin	τοῖς καλλῐ́οις toîs kallĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ κάλλῐον tò kállĭon	τὼ καλλῐ́ω tṑ kallĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κάλλῐᾰ tằ kállĭă
Vocative	κάλλῐον kállĭon	καλλῐ́ω kallĭ́ō	κάλλῐᾰ kállĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“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.