χαλκουργός

χαλκουργός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χᾰλκός (khalkós, “copper, bronze”) +‎ -ουργός (-ourgós, “worker”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰal.koːr.ɡós/ → /xal.kurˈɣos/ → /xal.kurˈɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰal.koːr.ɡós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰal.kurˈɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xal.kurˈɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xal.kurˈɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xal.kurˈɣos/

Noun

χᾰλκουργός • (khalkourgós) m (genitive χᾰλκουργοῦ); second declension

1. copper-miner
2. worker in bronze, bronzesmith, coppersmith

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ χᾰλκουργός; τοῦ χᾰλκουργοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χᾰλκουργός ho khalkourgós	τὼ χᾰλκουργώ tṑ khalkourgṓ	οἱ χᾰλκουργοί hoi khalkourgoí
Genitive	τοῦ χᾰλκουργοῦ toû khalkourgoû	τοῖν χᾰλκουργοῖν toîn khalkourgoîn	τῶν χᾰλκουργῶν tôn khalkourgôn
Dative	τῷ χᾰλκουργῷ tôi khalkourgôi	χᾰλκουργοῖν khalkourgoîn	τοῖς χᾰλκουργοῖς toîs khalkourgoîs
Accusative	τὸν χᾰλκουργόν tòn khalkourgón	χᾰλκουργώ khalkourgṓ	τοὺς χᾰλκουργούς toùs khalkourgoús
Vocative	χᾰλκουργέ khalkourgé	χᾰλκουργώ khalkourgṓ	χᾰλκουργοί khalkourgoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• χᾰλκουργεῖον (khalkourgeîon)
• χᾰλκουργέω (khalkourgéō)
• χᾰλκούργημᾰ (khalkoúrgēma)
• χᾰλκουργῐ́ᾱ (khalkourgíā)
• χᾰλκουργῐκός (khalkourgikós)

 

Adjective

χᾰλκουργός • (khalkourgós) m or f (neuter χᾰλκουργόν); second declension

1. working copper

Declension

Second declension of χᾰλκουργός; χᾰλκουργόν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		χᾰλκουργός khalkourgós	χᾰλκουργόν khalkourgón		χᾰλκουργώ khalkourgṓ	χᾰλκουργώ khalkourgṓ		χᾰλκουργοί khalkourgoí	χᾰλκουργᾰ́ khalkourgá
Genitive		χᾰλκουργοῦ khalkourgoû	χᾰλκουργοῦ khalkourgoû		χᾰλκουργοῖν khalkourgoîn	χᾰλκουργοῖν khalkourgoîn		χᾰλκουργῶν khalkourgôn	χᾰλκουργῶν khalkourgôn
Dative		χᾰλκουργῷ khalkourgôi	χᾰλκουργῷ khalkourgôi		χᾰλκουργοῖν khalkourgoîn	χᾰλκουργοῖν khalkourgoîn		χᾰλκουργοῖς khalkourgoîs	χᾰλκουργοῖς khalkourgoîs
Accusative		χᾰλκουργόν khalkourgón	χᾰλκουργόν khalkourgón		χᾰλκουργώ khalkourgṓ	χᾰλκουργώ khalkourgṓ		χᾰλκουργούς khalkourgoús	χᾰλκουργᾰ́ khalkourgá
Vocative		χᾰλκουργέ khalkourgé	χᾰλκουργόν khalkourgón		χᾰλκουργώ khalkourgṓ	χᾰλκουργώ khalkourgṓ		χᾰλκουργοί khalkourgoí	χᾰλκουργᾰ́ khalkourgá
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		χᾰλκουργῶς khalkourgôs			χᾰλκουργότερος khalkourgóteros			χᾰλκουργότᾰτος khalkourgótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• χαλκουργός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• χαλκουργός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette