ΠΕΡΙΚΑΛΛΕΣΤΑΤΟΣ, περικαλλεστατος
PERIKALLESTATOS, perikallestatos
Sounds Like: peh-ree-KAL-les-tah-toss
Translations: most beautiful, most excellent, most splendid, very beautiful, very excellent, very splendid
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΚΑΛΛΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is a superlative adjective, meaning 'most beautiful' or 'most excellent'. It is formed from the prefix 'περί' (peri), meaning 'around' or 'very', and 'καλός' (kalos), meaning 'beautiful' or 'good'. It describes something that possesses beauty or excellence to the highest degree. It would be used to describe a noun, such as 'the most beautiful city' or 'the most excellent work'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 22:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΚΑΛΛΗΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΕΡΙΚΑΛΛΕΣΤΑΤΗΝ — most beautiful, very beautiful, the most beautiful, a most beautiful
- ΠΕΡΙΚΑΛΛΕΣΤΑΤΟΥΣ — most beautiful, most excellent, most glorious, most splendid
- ΠΕΡΙΚΑΛΛΗ — very beautiful, exceedingly fair, very splendid, very glorious, very excellent
- ΠΕΡΙΚΑΛΛΗΣ — very beautiful, exceedingly fair, splendid, glorious
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