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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek χαλκίς (khalkís).
Pronunciation
Noun
chalcis f (genitive chalcidis); third declension
- A type of fish, possibly a sardine or herring.
- A type of lizard or snake.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “chalcis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- chalcis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “chalcis”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- “chalcis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “chalcis”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “chalcis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “chalcis” on page 308 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- “chalcis” on page 308 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)