chalybs

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek χάλυψ (khálups).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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chalybs m (genitive chalybis); third declension

  1. iron, steel
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 8.445:
      Fluit aes rīvīs aurīque metallum, vulnificusque chalybs vastā fornāce liquēscit.
      Bronze and golden ore flowed in streams, and steel, that deals wounds, melted in a vast furnace.
  2. weapons or implements made from iron or steel

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative chalybs chalybēs
Genitive chalybis chalybum
Dative chalybī chalybibus
Accusative chalybem chalybēs
Ablative chalybe chalybibus
Vocative chalybs chalybēs

Synonyms

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  • (iron, tool made of iron, weapon made of iron): ferrum
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References

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  • chalybs”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • chalybs”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • chalybs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • chalybs”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers