Χαλκίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χᾰλκός (khalkós, “bronze”) +‎ -ῐς (-is).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰal.kís/ → /xalˈcis/ → /xalˈcis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰal.kís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰalˈkis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xalˈcis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xalˈcis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xalˈcis/

Proper noun

Χαλκῐ́ς • (Khalkís) f (genitive Χαλκῐ́δος); third declension

1. Chalcis

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Χαλκῐ́ς; τῆς Χαλκῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Χαλκῐ́ς hē Khalkís
Genitive	τῆς Χαλκῐ́δος tês Khalkídos
Dative	τῇ Χαλκῐ́δῐ têi Khalkídi
Accusative	τὴν Χαλκῐ́δᾰ tḕn Khalkída
Vocative	Χαλκῐ́ς Khalkís
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

• Χαλκῐδεύς (Khalkideús)
• Χαλκῐδῐκή (Khalkidikḗ)
• Χαλκῐδῐκός (Khalkidikós)

Descendants

• English: Chalcis
• Greek: Χαλκίδα (Chalkída)
• Latin: Chalcis

References

• “Χαλκίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Χαλκίς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Χαλκίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005