καλλίπυγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κᾰ́λλος (kállos, “beauty”) +‎ πῡγή (pūgḗ, “buttocks”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kal.lí.pyː.ɡos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kalˈli.py.ɡos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kalˈli.py.ɣos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kalˈli.py.ɣos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈli.pi.ɣos/

Adjective

κᾰλλῐ́πῡγος • (kallípūgos) m, f (neuter κᾰλλῐ́πῡγον); second declension

callipygian, callipygous (with beautifully shaped buttocks)

Inflection

Second declension of κᾰλλῐ́πῡγος; κᾰλλῐ́πῡγον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
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
Derived forms	κᾰλλῐπῡ́γως kallipū́gōs		κᾰλλῐπῡγότερος kallipūgóteros		κᾰλλῐπῡγότᾰτος kallipūgótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

English: callipygian

References

καλλίπυγος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καλλίπυγος (kallípugos)

Adjective

καλλίπυγος • (kallípygos) m (feminine καλλίπυγη, neuter καλλίπυγο)

callipygian, callipygous (with beautifully shaped buttocks)

Declension

positive forms of καλλίπυγος

number case / gender	singular			plural
number case / gender	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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