χαλκόφωνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαλκός (khalkós, “copper”) +‎ φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰal.kó.pʰɔː.nos/ → /xalˈko.ɸo.nos/ → /xalˈko.fo.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰal.kó.pʰɔː.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰalˈko.pʰo.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xalˈko.ɸo.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xalˈko.fo.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xalˈko.fo.nos/

Noun

χᾰλκόφωνος • (khălkóphōnos) f (genitive χᾰλκοφώνου); second declension

1. name of a metallic sounding stone

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ χᾰλκόφωνος; τῆς χᾰλκοφώνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χᾰλκόφωνος hē khălkóphōnos	τὼ χᾰλκοφώνω tṑ khălkophṓnō	αἱ χᾰλκόφωνοι hai khălkóphōnoi
Genitive	τῆς χᾰλκοφώνου tês khălkophṓnou	τοῖν χᾰλκοφώνοιν toîn khălkophṓnoin	τῶν χᾰλκοφώνων tôn khălkophṓnōn
Dative	τῇ χᾰλκοφώνῳ têi khălkophṓnōi	τοῖν χᾰλκοφώνοιν toîn khălkophṓnoin	ταῖς χᾰλκοφώνοις taîs khălkophṓnois
Accusative	τὴν χᾰλκόφωνον tḕn khălkóphōnon	τὼ χᾰλκοφώνω tṑ khălkophṓnō	τᾱ̀ς χᾰλκοφώνους tā̀s khălkophṓnous
Vocative	χᾰλκόφωνε khălkóphōne	χᾰλκοφώνω khălkophṓnō	χᾰλκόφωνοι khălkóphōnoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: chalcophōnos

Further reading

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