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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek χαλυβήϊος (khalubḗïos), from χάλυψ (khálups).
Pronunciation
Adjective
chalybēius (feminine chalybēia, neuter chalybēium); first/second-declension adjective
- made of iron or steel, chalybeate
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Synonyms
References
- “chălybēïus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- CALIBEUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “chalybēïus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- chăly̆bēĭus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 298/1.
- “chalybēius” on page 308/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)