Chalcis
See also: chalcis
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Χαλκίς (Khalkís).
Proper noun
Chalcis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Chalcididae – type genus of chalcid wasps.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Hymenoptera – order; Apocrita - suborder; Chalcidoidea - superfamily; Chalcididae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Chalcis sispes - type species; for the numerous other species see Chalcis (wasp) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- Chalcis (wasp) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Chalcidini on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Chalcis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Χαλκίς (Khalkís).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkælsɪs/
Proper noun
Chalcis
- A city in Euboea, Greece.
- An ancient town in Aeolis, in modern Turkey.
- An ancient town in Aetolia, in modern Greece.
- An ancient town in Elis, in modern Greece.
- An ancient town in Epirus, in modern Greece.
- An ancient town in modern northern Syria, now known as Qinnasrin.
- The former Byzantine name of İnecik, a village in Thrace in modern Turkey.
Synonyms
- Chalkida (a city in Greece)
Related terms
- Chalcidian
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χαλκίς (Khalkís).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʰal.kis/, [ˈkʰäɫ̪kɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkal.t͡ʃis/, [ˈkäl̠ʲt͡ʃis]
Proper noun
Chalcis f sg (genitive Chalcidis or Chalcidos); third declension
- Chalcis (the chief town of the island of Euboea in modern Greece)
- Chalcis (an ancient town in Aeolis, in modern Turkey)
- Chalcis (an ancient town in Aetolia, in modern Greece)
- Chalcis (an ancient town in Elis, in modern Greece)
- Chalcis (an ancient town in Epirus, in modern Greece)
- Chalcis (an ancient town in modern northern Syria)
Declension
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Derived terms
- Chalcidēnsis
- Chalcidicēnsis
- Chalcidicum
- Chalcidicus
- Chalcis Euboeae
- Chalcis Euboica
References
- “Chalcis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Chalcis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Chalcis” on page 308 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- “Chalcis” on page 308 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
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