I.beautiful, beauteous, fair, Lat. pulcher, of outward form, Hom., etc.; καλὸς δέμας beautiful of form, Od.; so, εἶδος κάλλιστος Xen.; καλὸς τὸ σῶμα id=Xen.; c. inf., κ. εἰσοράασθαι Hom.
2.τὸ καλόν, like κάλλος, beauty, Eur., etc.: τὰ καλά the decencies, proprieties, elegancies of life, Hdt., etc.
II.in reference to use, beautiful, fair, good, κ. λιμήν Od.; καλὸς εἴς τι Xen.; πρός τι Plat.; c. inf., κάλλιστος τρέχειν Xen.;—esp. in the foll. phrases, ἐν καλῷ [τόπῳ] in a good place, Thuc.; ἐν καλῷ τοῦ κόλπου, τῆς πόλεως Xen.; ἐν κ. (sub. χρόνῳ), in good time, in season, Eur.:—so, καλόν ἐστι, c. inf., Soph.
2.of sacrifices, good, auspicious, Aesch., etc.
III.in moral sense, beautiful, noble, καλόν [ἐστι] c. inf., Hom., etc.; καλὰ ἔργματα noble deeds, Pind., etc.
IV.in attic not seldom ironically, like Lat. praeclarus, admirable, specious, fair, κ. γὰρ οὑμὸς βίοτος, ὥστε θαυμάσαι Soph.; μετ᾽ ὀνομάτων καλῶν Thuc.
II.regul. adv. καλῶς, mostly in moral sense, well, rightly, Od.; καλῶς ζῆν, τεθνηκέναι, etc., Soph., etc.; οὐ καλῶς ταρβεῖς id=Soph.; often in phrase καλῶς καὶ εὖ, καλῶς τε καὶ εὖ Plat.
2.of good fortune, well, happily, κ. πράσσειν ῀ εὖ πρ. to fare well, Aesch., etc.; κ. ἔχειν to be well, id=Aesch.; κ. ἔχει, c. inf., 'tis well to . . , Xen.
3.καλῶς ῀ πάνυ, right well, κ. ἔξοιδα Soph.; so in comp., κάλλιον εἰδέναι Plat.; and in Sup. κάλλιστα, Soph., etc.
5.in answers, to approve the words of the former speaker, well said! Lat. euge, Eur., Dem.:—but, also, to decline an offer courteously or ironically, thank you! Lat. benigne, Ar.; and in Sup., κάλλιστ᾽, ἐπαινῶ id=Ar.
6.ironically, finely, Lat. belle, Soph., Eur.