καλοήθης

Ancient Greek

Hellenistic Koine. From καλο- (kalo-, “good-”) +‎ ἦθος (êthos, “character”)

κᾰλοήθης • (kaloḗthēs) m, f (neuter καλόηθες); third declension

(Koine)

good-natured, virtuous
(substantive, in neuter) virtue
- 161 CE – 180 CE, Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 1
  Παρὰ τοῦ πάππου Οὐήρου τὸ καλόηθες καὶ ἀόργητον.
  Parà toû páppou Ouḗrou tò kalóēthes kaì aórgēton.
  From [my] grandfather Verus, [I inherited] good-natured character and absence of anger.

Third declension of κᾰλοήθης; κᾰλόηθες (contracted, Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	κᾰλοήθης kaloḗthēs	κᾰλόηθες kalóēthes	κᾰλοήθει kaloḗthei	κᾰλοήθει kaloḗthei	κᾰλοήθεις kaloḗtheis	κᾰλοήθη kaloḗthē
Genitive	κᾰλοήθους kaloḗthous	κᾰλοήθους kaloḗthous	κᾰλοήθοιν kaloḗthoin	κᾰλοήθοιν kaloḗthoin	κᾰλοήθων kaloḗthōn	κᾰλοήθων kaloḗthōn
Dative	κᾰλοήθει kaloḗthei	κᾰλοήθει kaloḗthei	κᾰλοήθοιν kaloḗthoin	κᾰλοήθοιν kaloḗthoin	κᾰλοήθεσῐ(ν) kaloḗthesi(n)	κᾰλοήθεσῐ(ν) kaloḗthesi(n)
Accusative	κᾰλοήθη kaloḗthē	κᾰλόηθες kalóēthes	κᾰλοήθει kaloḗthei	κᾰλοήθει kaloḗthei	κᾰλοήθεις kaloḗtheis	κᾰλοήθη kaloḗthē
Vocative	κᾰλόηθες kalóēthes	κᾰλόηθες kalóēthes	κᾰλοήθει kaloḗthei	κᾰλοήθει kaloḗthei	κᾰλοήθεις kaloḗtheis	κᾰλοήθη kaloḗthē
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	κᾰλοήθως kaloḗthōs		κᾰλοηθέστερος kaloēthésteros		κᾰλοηθέστᾰτος kaloēthéstatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (1964) Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Greek), Athens: Hellenic Paideia
καλοήθης in Kriaras, Emmanuel. (n.d.) Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας [Concise Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (1100‑1669) Vols. I‑XIV.] (in Greek), Online edition

From Koine Greek καλοήθης (kaloḗthēs, “good-natured”). In the medical sense, borrowed from French bénin analogically to its antonym κᾰκοήθης (kakoḗthēs)

καλοήθης • (kaloḯthis) m (feminine καλοήθης, neuter καλόηθες)

(medicine) benign

Μη φοβάστε! Είναι καλοήθης όγκος.
Mi fováste! Eínai kaloḯthis ógkos.
Do not fear! It is a benign tumour.
(rare, learned) good-natured, virtuous

positive forms of καλοήθης

number case / gender	singular			plural
number case / gender	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	καλοήθης	καλοήθης	καλόηθες	καλοήθεις	καλοήθεις	καλοήθη
genitive	καλοήθους	καλοήθους	καλοήθους	καλοήθων	καλοήθων	καλοήθων
accusative	καλοήθη	καλοήθη	καλόηθες	καλοήθεις	καλοήθεις	καλοήθη
derivations	comparative: πιο (pio) + positive forms (e.g. πιο καλοήθης, etc.) relative superlative: definite article + πιο (pio) + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο καλοήθης (o pio kaloḯthis), etc.)

καλοήθης in Triantafyllides, Hidryma (1998) Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek]
Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Lexicology Centre

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