χαλκίς

See also: Χαλκίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαλκός (khalkós, “copper”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s) or perhaps from the toponym Χαλκίς (Khalkís).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χᾰλκῐ́ς • (khălkĭ́s) f (genitive χᾰλκῐ́δος); third declension

  1. unknown bird mentioned by Aristotle
  2. European roller (Coracias garrulus)
  3. migratory fish, perhaps the pilchard
  4. kind of poisonous lizard
  5. (at Lacedaemon) female slave

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ χᾰλκῐ́ς; τῆς χᾰλκῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ χᾰλκῐ́ς
hē khălkĭ́s 		τὼ χᾰλκῐ́δε
tṑ khălkĭ́de 		αἱ χᾰλκῐ́δες
hai khălkĭ́des
Genitive τῆς χᾰλκῐ́δος
tês khălkĭ́dos 		τοῖν χᾰλκῐ́δοιν
toîn khălkĭ́doin 		τῶν χᾰλκῐ́δων
tôn khălkĭ́dōn
Dative τῇ χᾰλκῐ́δῐ
tēî khălkĭ́dĭ 		τοῖν χᾰλκῐ́δοιν
toîn khălkĭ́doin 		ταῖς χᾰλκῐ́σῐ / χᾰλκῐ́σῐν
taîs khălkĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν χᾰλκῐ́δᾰ
tḕn khălkĭ́dă 		τὼ χᾰλκῐ́δε
tṑ khălkĭ́de 		τᾱ̀ς χᾰλκῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s khălkĭ́dăs
Vocative χᾰλκῐ́ς
khălkĭ́s 		χᾰλκῐ́δε
khălkĭ́de 		χᾰλκῐ́δες
khălkĭ́des
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

  • → Latin: chalcis

Further reading

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