κάλλος, εος,
Attic dialect ους, τό, (καλός) beauty, especially of body, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.130, 20.235, etc.; κάλλεΐ τε στίλβων καὶ εἵμασιν 3.392; κάλλεϊ καὶ Χάρισι στίλβων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.237; περί τ᾽ ἀμφί τε κ. ἄητο “hymnus ad Cererem” 276 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: in a concrete sense, as though external to the body, κάλλεϊ μέν οἱ πρῶτα προσώπατα καλὰ κάθηρεν ἀμβροσίῳ, οἵῳ Κυθέρεια Χρίεται [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.192: frequently in Trag. and Prose, γυναῖκε.. κάλλει ἀμώμω 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 185; κ. σώματος 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 105 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to αἶσχος, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 201a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: in a general sense, τῶν ἔργων τῷ μεγέθει καὶ τῷ κάλλει Χαλεπὸν ἐξισῶσαι τοὺς ἐπαίνους [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.36; Χώρη κάλλεϊ καὶ ἀρετῇ μέγα ὑπερφέρουσα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.144, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 157e, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.30 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of ships, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus [3.17]; ἀρετὴ ἂν εἴη κ. ψυχῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 444d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ τῶν μαθημάτων κ. [[ [prev. author] “Grg.” 475a ] Refs]; ἐς κάλλος with an eye to beauty, so as to set off her beauty, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1073 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ γὰρ ἐς κ. τύχας δαίμων δίδωσιν so as to regard beauty or show, [[ [prev. author] “Tr.” 1201 ] Refs]; ὁ εἰς κ. βίος, opposed to αἰσχρουργία, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 9.1; ἐς κ. ζῆν [prev. author] “Cyr.” 8.1.33 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ἐς κ. κυνηγετεῖν hunt for pleasure, [[ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Cynegeticus” 25.9: in _plural_, σωμάτων κάλλη, opposed to ψυχῶν ἀρετή, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 112e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]