χαλκόφωνος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χαλκός (khalkós, “copper”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰal.kó.pʰɔː.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰalˈko.pʰo.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xalˈko.ɸo.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xalˈko.fo.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xalˈko.fo.nos/
Noun
χᾰλκόφωνος • (khalkóphōnos) f (genitive χᾰλκοφώνου); second declension
- name of a metallic sounding stone
Inflection
Second declension of ἡ χᾰλκόφωνος; τῆς χᾰλκοφώνου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ χᾰλκόφωνος hē khalkóphōnos | τὼ χᾰλκοφώνω tṑ khalkophṓnō | αἱ χᾰλκόφωνοι hai khalkóphōnoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς χᾰλκοφώνου tês khalkophṓnou | τοῖν χᾰλκοφώνοιν toîn khalkophṓnoin | τῶν χᾰλκοφώνων tôn khalkophṓnōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ χᾰλκοφώνῳ têi khalkophṓnōi | χᾰλκοφώνοιν khalkophṓnoin | ταῖς χᾰλκοφώνοις taîs khalkophṓnois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν χᾰλκόφωνον tḕn khalkóphōnon | χᾰλκοφώνω khalkophṓnō | τᾱ̀ς χᾰλκοφώνους tā̀s khalkophṓnous | ||||||||||
Vocative | χᾰλκόφωνε khalkóphōne | χᾰλκοφώνω khalkophṓnō | χᾰλκόφωνοι khalkóphōnoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: chalcophōnos
Further reading
- χαλκόφωνος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χαλκόφωνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette