καλοκαγαθία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From καλοκάγαθος (kalokágathos, “gentleman”) + -ίᾱ (-íā), from καλός (kalós, “beautiful”) καί (kaí, “and”) ἀγαθός (agathós, “good”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.lo.ka.ɡa.tʰí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ka.lo.ka.ɡaˈtʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ka.lo.ka.ɣaˈθi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ka.lo.ka.ɣaˈθi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.lo.ka.ɣaˈθi.a/
Noun
κᾰλοκᾰγᾰθίᾱ • (kalokagathíā) f (genitive κᾰλοκᾰγᾰθίᾱς); first declension
- the traits and character of a καλοκάγαθος (kalokágathos, “gentleman”), nobility, gentlemanliness
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ καλοκαγαθίᾱ hē kalokagathíā |
τὼ καλοκαγαθίᾱ tṑ kalokagathíā |
αἱ καλοκαγαθίαι hai kalokagathíai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς καλοκαγαθίᾱς tês kalokagathíās |
τοῖν καλοκαγαθίαιν toîn kalokagathíain |
τῶν καλοκαγαθιῶν tôn kalokagathiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ καλοκαγαθίᾳ têi kalokagathíāi |
τοῖν καλοκαγαθίαιν toîn kalokagathíain |
ταῖς καλοκαγαθίαις taîs kalokagathíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν καλοκαγαθίᾱν tḕn kalokagathíān |
τὼ καλοκαγαθίᾱ tṑ kalokagathíā |
τᾱ̀ς καλοκαγαθίᾱς tā̀s kalokagathíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | καλοκαγαθίᾱ kalokagathíā |
καλοκαγαθίᾱ kalokagathíā |
καλοκαγαθίαι kalokagathíai | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Antonyms
- ῥᾳδιουργία (rhāidiourgía)
Descendants
- → English: kalokagathia
Further reading
- καλοκαγαθία in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- magnanimity idem, page 507.
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