κᾰλοκἀγᾰθ-ός (kalokagathos)

What it meant

κᾰλοκἀγᾰθ-ός · kalokagath-os — LSJ

perfect gentleman, perfect character, admirable, splendid

perfect gentleman, Hdt. 1.30, Ar. Eq. 185, 735, al., Th. 4.40, 8.48, X. HG 5.3.9, Arist. Pol. 1293b39, etc.; καλώ τε κἀγαθώ X. An. 4.1.19; but later in a moral sense, a perfect character, Arist. MM 1207b25; also applied to qualities, actions, etc., οὐδὲν καλὸν κἀγαθὸν εἰδέναι Pl. Ap. 21d; τῶν καλῶν τε κἀγαθῶν ἔργων X. Mem. 2.1.20; καρτερία κ. κ. Pl. La. 192c; καρδία κ. καὶ ἀ. Ev.Luc. 8.15; πάντα ἔμοιγε δοκεῖ τὰ καλὰ καὶ τἀγαθὰ ἀσκητὰ εἶναι X. Mem. 1.2.23, cf. Cyr. 2.1.17; of things, admirable, s

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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