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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=chalybs chalybis N M :: iron/steel; iron weapons/implements; sword (L+S); horse bit; arrow point; rail
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>chălybs</b>: ybis, m., = [[χάλυψ]],<br /><b>I</b> [[steel]] (cf. Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 142 sq.): [[vulnificus]] ([[because]] weapons were made of it), Verg. A. 8, 446; on [[account]] of its [[hardness]]: ferro durior et chalybe, Prop. 1, 16, 30; cf. Sen. Herc. Oet. 152; Sil. 1, 171; 2, 403.—<br /><b>II</b> [[Meton]]., the things made of it.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[sword]]: [[strictus]], Sen. Thyest. 364.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[horse]]'s [[bit]], Luc. 6, 398.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> The [[point]] of an [[arrow]], Luc. 7, 518; Val. Fl. 6, 342; Sil. 2, 107 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> An [[iron]] [[rail]], Luc. 6, 547.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>chălybs</b>,¹³ ybis, m. ([[χάλυψ]]), acier ; [[vulnificus]] [[chalybs]] Virg. En. 8, 446, l’acier meurtrier &#124;&#124; [fig.] objet en acier : [[chalybs]] [[strictus]] Sen. Thyest. 364, épée nue ; [[chalybs]] Luc. 6, 398, [[mors]] d’acier.||[fig.] objet en acier : [[chalybs]] [[strictus]] Sen. Thyest. 364, épée nue ; [[chalybs]] Luc. 6, 398, [[mors]] d’acier.
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