Calchas

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κάλχας (Kálkhas).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Calchās m sg (genitive Calchāntis); third declension

  1. (Greek mythology) A Greek soothsayer during the war of Troy and son of Thestor

Declension

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Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Calchās
Genitive Calchāntis
Dative Calchāntī
Accusative Calchāntem
Ablative Calchānte
Vocative Calchās

References

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  • Calchas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Calchas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Calchas”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray