χαλκουργός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χᾰλκός (khălkós, “copper, bronze”) +‎ -ουργός (-ourgós, “worker”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰal.kuːr.ɡós/ → /xal.kurˈɣos/ → /xal.kurˈɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰal.kuːr.ɡós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰal.kurˈɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xal.kurˈɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xal.kurˈɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xal.kurˈɣos/

Noun

χᾰλκουργός • (khălkourgós) m (genitive χᾰλκουργοῦ); second declension

1. copper-miner
2. worker in bronze, bronzesmith, coppersmith

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ χᾰλκουργός; τοῦ χᾰλκουργοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χᾰλκουργός ho khălkourgós	τὼ χᾰλκουργώ tṑ khălkourgṓ	οἱ χᾰλκουργοί hoi khălkourgoí
Genitive	τοῦ χᾰλκουργοῦ toû khălkourgoû	τοῖν χᾰλκουργοῖν toîn khălkourgoîn	τῶν χᾰλκουργῶν tôn khălkourgôn
Dative	τῷ χᾰλκουργῷ tôi khălkourgôi	τοῖν χᾰλκουργοῖν toîn khălkourgoîn	τοῖς χᾰλκουργοῖς toîs khălkourgoîs
Accusative	τὸν χᾰλκουργόν tòn khălkourgón	τὼ χᾰλκουργώ tṑ khălkourgṓ	τοὺς χᾰλκουργούς toùs khălkourgoús
Vocative	χᾰλκουργέ khălkourgé	χᾰλκουργώ khălkourgṓ	χᾰλκουργοί khălkourgoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• χᾰλκουργεῖον (khălkourgeîon)
• χᾰλκουργέω (khălkourgéō)
• χᾰλκούργημᾰ (khălkoúrgēmă)
• χᾰλκουργῐ́ᾱ (khălkourgĭ́ā)
• χᾰλκουργῐκός (khălkourgĭkós)

Adjective

χᾰλκουργός • (khălkourgós) m or f (neuter χᾰλκουργόν); second declension

1. working copper

Declension

Second declension of χᾰλκουργός; χᾰλκουργόν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		χᾰλκουργός khălkourgós	χᾰλκουργόν khălkourgón		χᾰλκουργώ khălkourgṓ	χᾰλκουργώ khălkourgṓ		χᾰλκουργοί khălkourgoí	χᾰλκουργᾰ́ khălkourgắ
Genitive		χᾰλκουργοῦ khălkourgoû	χᾰλκουργοῦ khălkourgoû		χᾰλκουργοῖν khălkourgoîn	χᾰλκουργοῖν khălkourgoîn		χᾰλκουργῶν khălkourgôn	χᾰλκουργῶν khălkourgôn
Dative		χᾰλκουργῷ khălkourgôi	χᾰλκουργῷ khălkourgôi		χᾰλκουργοῖν khălkourgoîn	χᾰλκουργοῖν khălkourgoîn		χᾰλκουργοῖς khălkourgoîs	χᾰλκουργοῖς khălkourgoîs
Accusative		χᾰλκουργόν khălkourgón	χᾰλκουργόν khălkourgón		χᾰλκουργώ khălkourgṓ	χᾰλκουργώ khălkourgṓ		χᾰλκουργούς khălkourgoús	χᾰλκουργᾰ́ khălkourgắ
Vocative		χᾰλκουργέ khălkourgé	χᾰλκουργόν khălkourgón		χᾰλκουργώ khălkourgṓ	χᾰλκουργώ khălkourgṓ		χᾰλκουργοί khălkourgoí	χᾰλκουργᾰ́ khălkourgắ
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		χᾰλκουργῶς khălkourgôs			χᾰλκουργότερος khălkourgóteros			χᾰλκουργότᾰτος khălkourgótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “χαλκουργός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• χαλκουργός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette