Καλλικλῆς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κάλλος (kállos, beauty) +‎ -κλῆς (-klês).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

Κᾰλλῐκλῆς • (Kăllĭklêsm (genitive Κᾰλλῐκλέους); third declension

  1. a male given name, Kallicles
    • 380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 447a:
      τούτων μέντοι, ὦ Καλλίκλεις, αἴτιος Χαιρεφῶν ὅδε, ἐν ἀγορᾷ ἀναγκάσας ἡμᾶς διατρῖψαι.
      toútōn méntoi, ô Kallíkleis, aítios Khairephôn hóde, en agorāî anankásas hēmâs diatrîpsai.
      For this, Kallicles, this Chaerephon is responsible, since he forced us to waste time in the marketplace.

Declension

Derived terms

  • Κᾰλλῐ́κλειᾰ (Kăllĭ́kleiă)

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