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χάλκεος

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From χᾰλκός (khălkós, copper) + -εος (-eos).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

χᾰ́λκεος (khắlkeos) m (feminine χᾰλκέᾱ, neuter χᾰ́λκεον); first/second declension

  1. of copper or bronze, brazen
    1. (of statues)
    2. (χἀλκεος ἀγών) a contest for a shield of brass
  2. (figuratively) brazen, hard, stout, strong

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Translingual: Chalceus

References

  • χάλκεος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • χάλκεος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • χάλκεος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • χάλκεος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • χάλκεος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • χάλκεος”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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