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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χαλκός (khalkós, “copper, bronze”) + κορύσσω (korússō, “to equip”) + -τής (-tḗs)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰal.ko.ko.rys.tɛ̌ːs/ → /xal.ko.ko.rysˈtis/ → /xal.ko.ko.risˈtis/
Adjective
χαλκοκορυστής • (khalkokorustḗs) m; first declension
- (Epic) armed or equipped with brass (epithet of Hector and once of Sarpedon, masculine singular only)
Declension
Further reading
- “χαλκοκορυστής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- χαλκοκορυστής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- χαλκοκορυστής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “χαλκοκορυστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press