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Χαλκίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Χαλκίς Χαλκίδος

Structure: Χαλκιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • θρίσσα καὶ τὰ ὁμογενῆ, χαλκὶσ καὶ ἐρίτιμοσ, εὐανάδοτα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 52 1:5)
  • "τριχίδια, χαλκίσ, ἴκταρ, ἀθερίνη Ἀθηναῖοι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 137 4:4)
  • νῦν δέ με Χαλκὶσ τὴν πάροσ ἐν μίτραισ ἠσπάσατ’ ἐν χλαμύδι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 602 1:3)
  • ὥσπερ γὰρ Χαλκὶσ τῷ τόπῳ τῆσ Εὐβοίασ πρὸσ τῆσ Βοιωτίασ κεῖται, οὕτω Χερρονήσου κεῖται πρὸσ τῆσ Θρᾴκησ ἡ Καρδιανῶν πόλισ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 260:2)
  • εἰ δὲ βούλει, περὶ τῆσ ὄρνιθοσ ἣν λέγει ὅτι ‐ χαλκίδα κικλῄσκουσι θεοί, ἄνδρεσ δὲ κύμινδιν,φαῦλον ἡγῇ τὸ μάθημα ὅσῳ ὀρθότερόν ἐστι καλεῖσθαι χαλκὶσ κυμίνδιδοσ τῷ αὐτῷ ὀρνέῳ; (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 53:3)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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