Chalcedon

See also: chalcedon and chalcedón

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Chalcēdōn, from Ancient Greek Χαλκηδών (Khalkēdṓn). See Kadıköy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkælsɪˌdɒn/, /kælˈsiːdən/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪl.kəˌdɒn/

Proper noun

Chalcedon

1. An ancient maritime town of Bithynia, in Asia Minor in modern Turkey, almost directly opposite Byzantium.

Derived terms

• Chalcedonian

Translations

town in Asia Minor

• Armenian: Քաղկեդոն (Kʻaġkedon)

  Old Armenian: Քաղկեդոն (Kʻałkedon)

• Bulgarian: Халкедон m (Halkedon), Халкидон m (Halkidon)
• Catalan: Calcedònia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 迦克墩 (Jiākèdūn)

• French: Chalcédoine (fr) f
• Georgian: ქალკედონი (kalḳedoni)
• German: Chalkedon
• Greek: Χαλκηδόνα (el) f (Chalkidóna)

  Ancient Greek: Χαλκηδών f (Khalkēdṓn)

• Irish: an Chalcadóin f
• Italian: Calcedonia (it)
• Latin: Chalcēdōn
• Persian: خلقیدون (xalqidun)
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian Portuguese: Calcedônia f

  European Portuguese: Calcedónia f

• Russian: Халкедон (ru) (Xalkedon)
• Sicilian: Carcidùnia f
• Spanish: Calcedón m, Calcedonia f
• Turkish: Kalkedon

  Ottoman Turkish: خالكیدون

German

Alternative forms

• Chalzedon

Noun

Chalcedon m (strong, genitive Chalcedons, plural Chalcedone)

1. (mineralogy) chalcedony

Declension

Declension of Chalcedon [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Chalcedon	die	Chalcedone
genitive	eines	des	Chalcedons	der	Chalcedone
dative	einem	dem	Chalcedon	den	Chalcedonen
accusative	einen	den	Chalcedon	die	Chalcedone

Proper noun

Chalcedon n (proper noun, strong, genitive Chalcedons)

1. alternative spelling of Chalkedon

Latin

Alternative forms

• Calchēdōn

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χαλκηδών (Khalkēdṓn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kʰaɫˈkeː.doːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kal̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛː.don]

Proper noun

Chalcēdōn f sg (genitive Chalcēdōnis); third declension

1. Chalcedon (an ancient maritime town of Bithynia, in Asia Minor in modern Turkey, almost directly opposite Byzantium.)

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Chalcēdōn
genitive	Chalcēdōnis
dative	Chalcēdōnī
accusative	Chalcēdōnem
ablative	Chalcēdōne
vocative	Chalcēdōn
locative	Chalcēdōnī Chalcēdōne

References

• “Chalcedon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Chalcedon”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 243.
• Chalcedon in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung