περικαλλής,ές , ̔κάλλος)
A. 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 man's 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 .