Chalybes
See also: chalybes
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Χάλυβες (Khálubes, “the Chalybes”), from Χάλυψ (Khálups, “individual among the Chalybes; tempered iron, steel”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʰa.ly.beːs/, [ˈkʰa.lʏ.beːs]
Proper noun
Chalybēs m pl (genitive Chalybum); third declension
- A people in Pontus, living on the Black Sea's southern shore, noted for their mines and their preparation of steel.
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 8.420:
- striduntque cauernis / stricturae Chalybum et fornacibus ignis anhelat
- Chalybian ores hiss in the caverns, and from the furnace mouths puff the hot-panting fires
- striduntque cauernis / stricturae Chalybum et fornacibus ignis anhelat
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | Chalybēs |
Genitive | Chalybum |
Dative | Chalybibus |
Accusative | Chalybēs |
Ablative | Chalybibus |
Vocative | Chalybēs |
Related terms
- chalybēius
- chalybs
References
- Chalybes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Chalybes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette