χαλκῖτις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χάλκη (khálkē, “purple dye”) + -ῖτις (-îtis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰal.kîː.tis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰalˈki.tis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xalˈci.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xalˈci.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xalˈci.tis/
Noun
χᾰλκῖτῐς • (khălkîtĭs) f (genitive χᾰλκῑ́τῐδος); third declension
- copper-ore, worked in Cyprus
- (mineralogy) rock alum
- crown daisy (Glebionis coronaria)
- Synonyms: βούφθᾰλμον (boúphthălmon), χᾰλκᾰ́νθεμον (khălkắnthemon), χᾰ́λκᾰνθον (khắlkănthon), χᾰλκᾰ́ς (khălkắs), χρῡσᾰ́νθεμον (khrūsắnthemon)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ χᾰλκῖτῐς hē khălkîtĭs |
τὼ χᾰλκῑ́τῐδε tṑ khălkī́tĭde |
αἱ χᾰλκῑ́τῐδες hai khălkī́tĭdes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς χᾰλκῑ́τῐδος tês khălkī́tĭdos |
τοῖν χᾰλκῑτῐ́δοιν toîn khălkītĭ́doin |
τῶν χᾰλκῑτῐ́δων tôn khălkītĭ́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ χᾰλκῑ́τῐδῐ tēî khălkī́tĭdĭ |
τοῖν χᾰλκῑτῐ́δοιν toîn khălkītĭ́doin |
ταῖς χᾰλκῑ́τῐσῐ / χᾰλκῑ́τῐσῐν taîs khălkī́tĭsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν χᾰλκῑ́τῐδᾰ tḕn khălkī́tĭdă |
τὼ χᾰλκῑ́τῐδε tṑ khălkī́tĭde |
τᾱ̀ς χᾰλκῑ́τῐδᾰς tā̀s khălkī́tĭdăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χᾰλκῖτῐς khălkîtĭs |
χᾰλκῑ́τῐδε khălkī́tĭde |
χᾰλκῑ́τῐδες khălkī́tĭdes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “χαλκῖτις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χαλκῖτις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette