High Eolic word of the day: cál

cál (noun): blue-eyed, light-eyed. Also occurs as a personal name, Cálut.

ringi-cál-a ngúya lengarnes
woman-blue.eyed-INDEF are.IMPERF beautiful.ESS
“blue-eyed women are [very] beautiful”

Among the mostly fair-haired and blue-eyed Eolians, people who have blue eyes – as opposed to green, or especially brown – are considered to be beautiful. These beliefs often verge on racism, as they are often used by writers to disparage neighboring peoples (such as Trurians, Vitrians, and sometimes Trevecians), among whom a larger proportion of the population is dark-eyed. The standard of respect for blue-eyed beauty is so strong that no ode to an Eolic king would dare deny him the cál epithet – even if the king’s eyes are, in fact, of a different color.