καλλύνω
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editUltimately from καλός (kalós, “beautiful”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kal.ly̌ː.nɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kalˈly.no/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kalˈly.no/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kalˈly.no/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kaˈli.no/
Verb
editκᾰλλῡ́νω • (kallū́nō)
- to beautify
- (figuratively) to gloss over
- (mediopassive) to pride oneself in a thing
- to sweep clean
Conjugation
edit Present: κᾰλλῡ́νω, κᾰλλῡ́νομαι
Derived terms
edit- κᾰλλυντήρῐος (kalluntḗrios)
- κᾰλλυντής (kalluntḗs)
- κᾰ́λλῠντρον (kálluntron)
- κᾰ́λλυσμᾰ (kállusma)
Descendants
edit- → Translingual: Calluna
Further reading
edit- “καλλύνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “καλλύνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- καλλύνω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette