καλλιγύναιξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Bahuvrīhi compound of καλλι- (kalli-, “beautiful”) +‎ γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kal.li.ɡý.nai̯ks/ → /kal.liˈʝy.nɛks/ → /ka.liˈʝi.neks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kal.li.ɡý.nai̯ks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kal.liˈɡy.nɛks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kal.liˈʝy.nɛks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kal.liˈʝy.neks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.liˈʝi.neks/

Adjective

καλλῐγύναιξ • (kallĭgúnaix) m or f; third declension

1. (Epic) having beautiful women (epithet of various countries)

Declension

Third declension of καλλῐγῠ́ναιξ; καλλῐγῠ́ναικος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	καλλῐγῠ́ναιξ kallĭgŭ́naix
Genitive	καλλῐγῠ́ναικος kallĭgŭ́naikos
Dative	καλλῐγῠ́ναικῐ kallĭgŭ́naikĭ
Accusative	καλλῐγῠ́ναικᾰ kallĭgŭ́naikă
Vocative	καλλῐγῠ́ναιξ kallĭgŭ́naix
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “καλλιγύναιξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• καλλιγύναιξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• καλλιγύναιξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “καλλιγύναιξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “καλλιγύναιξ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter