Κάλχας

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Liddell & Scott, J.B. Hoffman: from Κάλχη, murex purple, here "dark," sense "ponderer," because people that are pondering look melancholic (blue). Diviners were known for their pondering. Not traceable to an Indo-European root, thus hypothetically borrowed.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Κάλχᾱς (Kálkhāsm (genitive Κάλχᾰντος); third declension

  1. a male given name: Calchas

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Greek: Κάλχας (Kálchas); Κάλχαντας (Kálchantas)
  • Latin: Calchās

References

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  • Κάλχας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Κάλχας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Κάλχας”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004