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περικαλλής

περικαλλής, very beautiful

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περικαλλέʼ neuter nominative plural, neuter vocative plural, neuter accusative plural, masculine accusative singular, feminine accusative singular, masculine dative singular, feminine dative singular, neuter dative singular, masculine nominative dual, masculine vocative dual, masculine accusative dual, feminine nominative dual, feminine vocative dual, feminine accusative dual, neuter nominative dual, neuter vocative dual, neuter accusative dual of περικαλλής

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περικαλλής, ές, (κάλλος)
  • very beautiful, in Hom. mostly of things, φόρμιγξ, κίθαρις, Il. 1.603, Od. 1.153; ἀγροί, αὐλή, βωμός, δίφρος, δόμος, δῶρα, ἔργα, εὐνή, θρόνος, etc., 14.263, 1.425, Il. 8.249, 4.486, 3.421, Od. 8.420, 2.117, 10.347, 22.438, al.; of women only Il. 5.389, 16.85, Od. 11.281; of men first in h.Merc. 323, 397, 504; of a manʼs eyes, Od. 13.401, 433; of a statue, Orac. ap. Hdt. 5.60; Κύπρον, περικαλλέα νῆσον Thgn. 1277, cf. Hdt. 7.5; ἄνθη -έστατα Hellanic. 55 J.: also in later Prose, Arist. Fr. 11, Mu. 397a4 (Sup.), Ph. 2.269, J. BJ 6.1.1, D.C. 37.17 (Sup.), etc.: but rare in Att., Hermipp.Hist. 6 (Comp.); π. Θεσμοφόρω Ar. Th. 282: irreg. Sup. περικάλλιστος v.l. in Alciphr. 3.59. Adv. -καλλῶς Cat.Cod.Astr. 2.171, Longin. Rh. p.186 H., Eust. 836.41.

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