ΚΑΛΛΙΠΥΓΟΣ, καλλιπυγος
KALLIPYGOS, kallipygos
Sounds Like: kal-LEE-py-gos
Translations: having beautiful buttocks, beautiful-buttocked, callipygian
From the root: ΚΑΛΟΣ, ΠΥΓΗ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This is a compound adjective formed from ΚΑΛΟΣ (kalos), meaning 'beautiful' or 'good', and ΠΥΓΗ (pyge), meaning 'rump' or 'buttocks'. It describes someone, typically a woman, who possesses shapely or beautiful buttocks. It is used to describe physical attractiveness.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine or Feminine
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΛΟΣ, ΠΥΓΗ.
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- ΚΑΛΛΙΠΥΓΩ — I have beautiful buttocks, I have a beautiful rump
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