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χάλκεος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χάλκεος χαλκέᾱ χάλκεον

Structure: χαλκε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xalko/s

Sense

  1. of copper or bronze, brazen
  2. (of statues)
  3. (χἀλκεος ἀγών) a contest for a shield of brass

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ ὅτ’ Αἰήτασ ἀδαμάντινον ἐν μέσσοισ ἄροτρον σκίμψατο καὶ βόασ, οἳ φλόγ’ ἀπὸ ξανθᾶν γενύων πνέον καιομένοιο πυρόσ, χαλκέαισ δ’ ὁπλαῖσ ἀράσσεσκον χθόν’ ἀμειβόμενοι, τοὺσ ἀγαγὼν ζεύγλᾳ πέλασσεν μοῦνοσ. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 4 69:1)

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