chalybs

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χάλυψ (khálups).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʰa.lyps/, [ˈkʰa.lʏps]

Noun

chalybs m (genitive chalybis); third declension

  1. iron, steel
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 8.445
      Fluit aes riuis aurique metallum, uulnificusque chalybs uasta fornace liquescit.
      Bronze and golden ore flowed in streams, and steel, that deals wounds, melted in a vast furnace.
  2. weapons or implements made from iron or steel

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative chalybs chalybēs
genitive chalybis chalybum
dative chalybī chalybibus
accusative chalybem chalybēs
ablative chalybe chalybibus
vocative chalybs chalybēs

Synonyms

  • (iron, tool made of iron, weapon made of iron): ferrum

References

  • chalybs in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • chalybs in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • chalybs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • chalybs in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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