Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

χαλκευτικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χαλκευτικός χαλκευτική χαλκευτικόν

Structure: χαλκευτικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xalkeu/s

Sense

  1. of or for the smith's art
  2. skilled in metal-working, the smith's art or trade

Declension

First/Second 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

  • εἰπέ μοι, ἔφη, ὦ Κριτόβουλε, ἆρά γε ἡ οἰκονομία ἐπιστήμησ τινὸσ ὄνομά ἐστιν, ὥσπερ ἡ ἰατρικὴ καὶ ἡ χαλκευτικὴ καὶ ἡ τεκτονική; (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 1 2:2)
  • τεκτονικὸν μὲν γὰρ ἢ χαλκευτικὸν ἢ γεωργικὸν ἢ ἀνθρώπων ἀρχικὸν ἢ τῶν τοιούτων ἔργων ἐξεταστικὸν ἢ λογιστικὸν ἢ οἰκονομικὸν ἢ στρατηγικὸν γενέσθαι, πάντα τὰ τοιαῦτα μαθήματα καὶ ἀνθρώπου γνώμῃ αἱρετὰ ἐνόμιζεν εἶναι· (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 1 9:2)
  • καὶ γὰρ οὐδ’ ὥσπερ ὅταν πολλοὶ χαλκοτύποι γένωνται, ἀξίων γενομένων τῶν χαλκευτικῶν ἔργων, καταλύονται οἱ χαλκοτύποι, καὶ οἱ σιδηρεῖσ γε ὡσαύτωσ· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 4 7:1)
  • ἡ δὲ χαλκευτικὴ καὶ ἡ τεκτονικὴ μετασχηματιστικαί εἰσιν· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, G, PLATWN 99:5)
  • ἐκ μὲν γὰρ τοῦ σιδήρου ἡ χαλκευτικὴ ὅπλα ποιεῖ, ἡ δὲ τεκτονικὴ ἐκ τῶν ξύλων αὐλοὺσ καὶ λύρασ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, G, PLATWN 99:6)

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

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