Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὔχαλκος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔχαλκος εὔχαλκον

Structure: εὐχαλκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. wrought of fine brass or well-wrought in brass

Examples

  • τρίτῳ γὰρ Ἐτεόκλῳ τρίτοσ πάλοσ ἐξ ὑπτίου ’πήδησεν εὐχάλκου κράνουσ, πύλαισι Νηίστῃσι προσβαλεῖν λόχον. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, antistrophe 1 1:2)
  • Ἕκτωρ δ’ Ηἰ̈ονῆα βάλ’ ἔγχεϊ ὀξυόεντι αὐχέν’ ὑπὸ στεφάνησ εὐχάλκου, λύντο δὲ γυῖα. (Homer, Iliad, Book 7 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. wrought of fine brass or well-wrought in brass

Related

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

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