Calchas
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κάλχας (Kálkhas).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkal.kʰaːs/, [ˈkäɫ̪kʰäːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkal.kas/, [ˈkälkäs]
Proper noun
[edit]Calchās m sg (genitive Calchāntis); third declension
- (Greek mythology) A Greek soothsayer during the war of Troy and son of Thestor
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Calchās |
| genitive | Calchāntis |
| dative | Calchāntī |
| accusative | Calchāntem |
| ablative | Calchānte |
| vocative | Calchās |
References
[edit]- “Calchas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Calchas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Calchas”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray