Χαλκίς

See also: χαλκίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χᾰλκός (khalkós, “bronze”) +‎ -ῐς (-is).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Χαλκῐ́ς • (Khalkís) f (genitive Χαλκῐ́δος); third declension

  1. Chalcis

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ Χαλκῐ́ς; τῆς Χαλκῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Χαλκῐ́ς
hē Khalkís
Genitive τῆς Χαλκῐ́δος
tês Khalkídos
Dative τῇ Χαλκῐ́δῐ
têi Khalkídi
Accusative τὴν Χαλκῐ́δᾰ
tḕn Khalkída
Vocative Χαλκῐ́ς
Khalkís
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • English: Chalcis
  • Greek: Χαλκίδα (Chalkída)
  • Latin: Chalcis

References
  • “Χαλκίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “Χαλκίς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Χαλκίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005
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