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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

  • "εὐρὼσ δάμναται ἔγχεά τε λογχωτὰ ξίφεὰ τ’ ἀμφήκεα, χαλκεᾶν δὲ οὐκέτι σαλπίγγων κτύποσ, οὐδὲ συλᾶται μελίφρων ὕπνοσ ἀπὸ βλεφάρων. (Plutarch, Numa, chapter 20 5:2)

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