καλόν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κᾱ́λον (kā́lon), καλϝόν (kalwón) — Epic, Aeolic, Boeotian

Pronunciation

(8^th BCE Epic) IPA^(key): /kaː.lón/[1]

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.lón/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈlon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈlon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈlon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈlon/

Adjective

κᾱλόν • (kālón) (Epic, poetic)

inflection of κᾱλός (kālós, “beautiful, lovely; beauteous, fair, good, fine; admirable, honorable, noble; moral, virtuous”):
1. masculine accusative singular
2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular

κᾰλόν • (kalón) (Attic, Koine)

inflection of κᾰλός (kalós, “beautiful, lovely; beauteous, fair, good, fine; admirable, honorable, noble; moral, virtuous”):
1. masculine accusative singular
2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular

The /α/ is short by nature, but because the word was originally καλϝόν (kalwón), the first syllable scans as heavy in Homer.

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