καλοήθης

Ancient Greek

Hellenistic Koine. From καλο- (kalo-, “good-”) +‎ ἦθος (êthos, “character”)

κᾰλοήθης • (kaloḗthēs) m or f (neuter καλόηθες); third declension (Koine)

good-natured, virtuous
(substantive, in neuter) virtue
- 161 CE – 180 CE, Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 1:
  Παρὰ τοῦ πάππου Οὐήρου τὸ καλόηθες καὶ ἀόργητον.
  Parà toû páppou Ouḗrou tò kalóēthes kaì aórgēton.
  From [my] grandfather Verus, [I inherited] good-natured character and absence of anger.

Third declension of κᾰλοήθης; κᾰλόηθες (contracted, Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	κᾰλοήθης kaloḗthēs	κᾰλόηθες kalóēthes	κᾰλοήθει kaloḗthei	κᾰλοήθει kaloḗthei	κᾰλοήθεις kaloḗtheis	κᾰλοήθη kaloḗthē
Genitive	κᾰλοήθους kaloḗthous	κᾰλοήθους kaloḗthous	κᾰλοήθοιν kaloḗthoin	κᾰλοήθοιν kaloḗthoin	κᾰλοήθων kaloḗthōn	κᾰλοήθων kaloḗthōn
Dative	κᾰλοήθει kaloḗthei	κᾰλοήθει kaloḗthei	κᾰλοήθοιν kaloḗthoin	κᾰλοήθοιν kaloḗthoin	κᾰλοήθεσῐ / κᾰλοήθεσῐν kaloḗthesi(n)	κᾰλοήθεσῐ / κᾰλοήθεσῐν kaloḗthesi(n)
Accusative	κᾰλοήθη kaloḗthē	κᾰλόηθες kalóēthes	κᾰλοήθει kaloḗthei	κᾰλοήθει kaloḗthei	κᾰλοήθεις kaloḗtheis	κᾰλοήθη kaloḗthē
Vocative	κᾰλόηθες kalóēthes	κᾰλόηθες kalóēthes	κᾰλοήθει kaloḗthei	κᾰλοήθει kaloḗthei	κᾰλοήθεις kaloḗtheis	κᾰλοήθη kaloḗthē
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	κᾰλοήθως kaloḗthōs		κᾰλοηθέστερος kaloēthésteros		κᾰλοηθέστᾰτος kaloēthéstatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (1964) Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Greek), Athens: Hellenic Paideia
καλοήθης - Kriaras, Emmanuel (vol.1 1969-) Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας (Epitomí tou Lexikoú tis Mesaionikís Ellinikís Dimódous Grammateías) [Concise Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (1100–1669) Vols. I–XIV] (in Greek) Online edition (22 vols. printed edition)

From Koine Greek καλοήθης (kaloḗthēs, “good-natured”). In the medical sense, borrowed from French bénin analogically to its antonym κᾰκοήθης (kakoḗthēs).

καλοήθης • (kaloḯthis) m (feminine καλοήθης, neuter καλόηθες)

(medicine) benign
Μη φοβάστε! Είναι καλοήθης όγκος.
Mi fováste! Eínai kaloḯthis ógkos.
Do not fear! It is a benign tumour.
(rare, learned) good-natured, virtuous

Declension of καλοήθης

number case \ gender	singular			plural
number case \ gender	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	καλοήθης •	καλοήθης •	καλόηθες •	καλοήθεις •	καλοήθεις •	καλοήθη •
genitive	καλοήθους •	καλοήθους •	καλοήθους •	καλοήθων •	καλοήθων •	καλοήθων •
accusative	καλοήθη •	καλοήθη •	καλόηθες •	καλοήθεις •	καλοήθεις •	καλοήθη •
vocative	καλοήθη •	καλοήθη •	καλόηθες •	καλοήθεις •	καλοήθεις •	καλοήθη •
derivations	Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο καλοήθης, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο καλοήθης, etc.)

καλοήθης - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
Georgios Babiniotis (2002), “καλοήθης”, in Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of the New Greek Language] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias, →ISBN.

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