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κᾰλοκἀγᾰθ-ία

kalokagathia · ἡ

the character and conduct of a καλὸς κἀγαθός

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Where it lives

Machabaeorum IV 5 · 6.48/10k
Symposium 6 · 6.3/10k
Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 2 · 4.11/10k
Eudemian Ethics 4 · 1.53/10k
Agesilaus 1 · 1.36/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
Discourses 2 · 0.27/10k
Cyropaedia 2 · 0.25/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

κᾰλοκἀγᾰθ-ία · kalokagath-ia — LSJ

the character and conduct of a καλὸς κἀγαθός, nobleness, goodness

the character and conduct of a καλὸς κἀγαθός (v. καλοκἀγαθός), nobleness, goodness, X. Mem. 1.6.14, Arist. EN 1124a4, al., Poll. 4.10; freq. in Inscrr., ἁ ποτὶ τοὺς Ἕλλανας κ. SIG 558.15 (Ithaca, found at Magn. Mae.); ἀρετᾶς ἕνεκεν καὶ κ. τᾶς εἴς τινας ib. 649 (Olymp.); τῆς πόλεως κ., opp. ἡ Φιλίππου κακία, D. 18.93, cf. Isoc. 1.6, D. 25.24; opp. ῥᾳδιουργία, X. Ages. 11.6: pl., ἀρεταὶ καὶ κ. Phld. Rh. 2.33S.

In the wild

καλοκἀγαθίαν · kalokagathian Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 8
καλοκἀγαθίαν · kalokagathian Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 8
καλοκἀγαθία · kalokagathia Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 8
καλοκἀγαθίας · kalokagathias Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 8
καλοκἀγαθίαν · kalokagathian Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.2 (DIORISIS sentence 452)
καλοκἀγαθίας · kalokagathias Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4893)

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