χάλυψ

See also: Χάλυψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Hittite 𒆠𒅅𒇷𒁀 (ki-ik-li-ba /⁠kikliba⁠/), 𒆠𒅅𒇻𒁀 (ki-ik-lu-ba /⁠kikluba⁠/, “steel”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰá.lyps/ → /ˈxa.lyps/ → /ˈxa.lips/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰá.lyps/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰa.lyps/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.lyps/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.lyps/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.lips/

Noun

χᾰ́λῠψ • (khálups) m (genitive χᾰ́λῠβος); third declension

1. steel, hardened iron

Declension

Third declension of ὁ χᾰ́λῠψ; τοῦ χᾰ́λῠβος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χᾰ́λῠψ ho khálups	τὼ χᾰ́λῠβε tṑ khálube	οἱ χᾰ́λῠβες hoi khálubes
Genitive	τοῦ χᾰ́λῠβος toû khálubos	τοῖν χᾰλῠ́βοιν toîn khalúboin	τῶν χᾰλῠ́βων tôn khalúbōn
Dative	τῷ χᾰ́λῠβῐ tôi khálubi	τοῖν χᾰλῠ́βοιν toîn khalúboin	τοῖς χᾰ́λῠψῐ / χᾰ́λῠψῐν toîs khálupsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν χᾰ́λῠβᾰ tòn kháluba	τὼ χᾰ́λῠβε tṑ khálube	τοὺς χᾰ́λῠβᾰς toùs khálubas
Vocative	χᾰ́λῠψ khálups	χᾰ́λῠβε khálube	χᾰ́λῠβες khálubes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• χᾰλῠβήϊος (khalubḗïos)

Descendants

• Greek: χάλυβας (chályvas)
• Latin: chalybs

Further reading

• “χάλυψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press