Χαλκίς
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See also: χαλκίς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χᾰλκός (khalkós, “bronze”) + -ῐς (-is).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰal.kís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰalˈkis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xalˈcis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xalˈcis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xalˈcis/
Proper noun
Χαλκῐ́ς • (Khalkís) f (genitive Χαλκῐ́δος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Χαλκῐ́ς hē Khalkís | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Χαλκῐ́δος tês Khalkídos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Χαλκῐ́δῐ têi Khalkídi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Χαλκῐ́δᾰ tḕn Khalkída | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Χαλκῐ́ς Khalkís | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Χαλκῐδεύς (Khalkideús)
- Χαλκῐδῐκή (Khalkidikḗ)
- Χαλκῐδῐκός (Khalkidikós)
Descendants
References
- “Χαλκίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Χαλκίς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Χαλκίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005