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κάλχη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κάλχη

Structure: καλχ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. the murex or purple limpet.

Declension

First 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

  • Νικόλαοσ δ’ ὁ Δαμασκηνὸσ ἐν τῇ ὀγδόῃ τῶν Ἱστοριῶν πρὸσ ταῖσ ἑκατὸν περὶ τὰσ Ἄλπεισ λίμνην τινά φησιν εἶναι πολλῶν σταδίων οὖσαν, ἧσ περὶ τὸν κύκλον πεφυκέναι δι’ ἔτουσ ἄνθη ἥδιστα καὶ εὐχρούστατα, ὅμοια ταῖσ καλουμέναισ κάλχαισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 28 5:2)
  • τῶν δὲ καλχῶν μέμνηται καὶ Ἀλκμὰν ἐν τούτοισ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 28 5:3)
  • Ὀλὸσ οὔ με λιβρὸσ ἱρῶν Λιβάδεσσιν, οἱᾶ κάλχη Ὑποφοινίῃσι τέγγει· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 15, chapter 251)
  • καὶ ἄλλα δ’ ἐστὶ μέταλλα, καὶ δὴ τῆσ σάνδικοσ καλουμένησ, ἣν δὴ καὶ Ἀρμένιον καλοῦσι χρῶμα, ὅμοιον κάλχῃ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 11, chapter 14 14:2)

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

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