Χαλκηδών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps identical to the Anatolian mineral name Ancient Greek χαλκηδών (khalkēdṓn) (→ Arabic كَرْكَنْد (karkand)), then instead connected to χαλκός (khalkós, “bronze”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰal.kɛː.dɔ̌ːn/ → /xal.ciˈðon/ → /xal.ciˈðon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰal.kɛː.dɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰal.ke̝ˈdon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xal.ciˈðon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xal.ciˈðon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xal.ciˈðon/

Proper noun

Χαλκηδών • (Khalkēdṓn) f (genitive Χαλκηδόνος); third declension

1. Chalcedon

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Χαλκηδών; τῆς Χαλκηδόνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Χαλκηδών hē Khalkēdṓn
Genitive	τῆς Χαλκηδόνος tês Khalkēdónos
Dative	τῇ Χαλκηδόνῐ têi Khalkēdóni
Accusative	τὴν Χαλκηδόνᾰ tḕn Khalkēdóna
Vocative	Χαλκηδών Khalkēdṓn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Χαλκηδονῐ́ᾱ (Khalkēdoníā)
• Χαλκηδονῐᾰκός (Khalkēdoniakós)
• Χαλκηδόνῐος (Khalkēdónios)

Descendants

• Greek: Χαλκηδών (Chalkidón)
• → Latin: Calchēdōn, Chalcēdōn

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005
• Χαλκηδών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette