Calchas

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κάλχας (Kálkhas).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkaɫ.kʰaːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkal.kas]

Proper noun

Calchās m sg (genitive Calchāntis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) A Greek soothsayer during the war of Troy and son of Thestor

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Calchās
genitive	Calchāntis
dative	Calchāntī
accusative	Calchāntem
ablative	Calchānte
vocative	Calchās

References

• “Calchas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Calchas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Calchas”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray