chalybs

Latin

Alternative forms

• calibs

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χάλυψ (khálups).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰa.lybs/, [ˈkʰälʲʏps̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.libs/, [ˈkäːlibs]

Noun

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

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	chalybs	chalybēs
genitive	chalybis	chalybum
dative	chalybī	chalybibus
accusative	chalybem	chalybēs
ablative	chalybe	chalybibus
vocative	chalybs	chalybēs

Synonyms

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

Related terms

• chalybēius
• Chalybes
• chalybīnus

References

• “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