Ancient Greek

edit

Etymology

edit

Ultimately from καλός (kalós, beautiful).

Pronunciation

edit
 

Verb

edit

κᾰλλῡ́νω (kallū́nō)

  1. to beautify
  2. (figuratively) to gloss over
  3. (mediopassive) to pride oneself in a thing
  4. to sweep clean
    Synonyms: κορέω (koréō), σᾰρόω (saróō)

Conjugation

edit

Derived terms

edit

Descendants

edit
  • Translingual: Calluna

Further reading

edit
  NODES
Note 2