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Headword:
Καλὸς
κἀγαθός
Adler number: kappa,251
Translated headword: handsome and good; noble
Vetting Status: low
Translation: [This] is said with synaloiphe [i.e. with two syllables combined], not καλὸς καὶ ἀγαθός .
Also καλός [can mean] the beloved.
"And the lover's name was Meletos, and his beloved's was Timagoras."[1]
The [word] καλός refers to the beauty of the body, but ἀγαθός to that of the soul.
[Note] that nouns are made from phrases: καλός and ἀγαθός [make] καλοκαγαθία , θεός ["god"] and ἐχθρός {"hated"] [make] θεοεχθρία ["hatefulness to god(s)"].[2]
Greek Original:Καλὸς κἀγαθός: λέγεται κατὰ συναλοιφήν, οὐχὶ καλὸς καὶ ἀγαθός. καὶ Καλός, ὁ ἐρώμενος. καὶ ἦν τῷ μὲν ἐραστῇ Μέλητος ὄνομα, τῷ καλῷ δὲ Τιμαγόρας. τὸ μὲν καλὸς ἐπὶ τῆς ἐν σώματι ὥρας, τὸ δὲ ἀγαθὸς ἐπὶ τῆς ἐν ψυχῇ. ὅτι ἀπὸ συντάξεως ὀνόματα γίνεται: καλὸς καὶ ἀγαθὸς καλοκαγαθία, θεὸς καὶ ἐχθρὸς θεοεχθρία.
Notes:
Keywords: daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; gender and sexuality
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 24 November 2003@20:51:15.
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