χαλκίον
Οὐδ' ἄμμε διακρινέει φιλότητος ἄλλο, πάρος θάνατόν γε μεμορμένον ἀμφικαλύψαι → Nor will anything else divide us from our love before the fate of death enshrouds us
English (LSJ)
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A copper vessel, cauldron, kettle, IG12.393, Ar.Ach.1128, Fr.107,330, Eup.108,256, X.Oec.8.19; χ. θερμαντήριον, = θερμαντήρ, IG22.1416, 4.39 (Aegina), Gal.13.663. 2 cymbal, τὸ Δωδωναῖον χ., prov. of a chatterbox, Men.66, cf. Zen.6.5. 3 bowl of the κότταβος, Poll.6.110. 4 copper ticket given to the dicasts, bearing the name of the court in which they were to serve, D.39.10. 5 piece of copper money, πονηρὰ χαλκία Ar.Ra.724 (troch.); παραλαβὼν τὼ χαλκίω Eub.83; cf. Poll.9.90.—Freq. written χαλκεῖον in codd., but χαλκίον is required by the metre in Com., and corroborated by Inscrr. (v. supr.), and Pap., PCair.Zen.630.4 (iii B. C.), PMich.Zen.65.2 (iii B. C.), PSI6.625.12 (iii B. C.), etc. II prob. Dim. of χάλκη, = κάλχη 11, IG42(1).102.242 (Epid., iv B. C.).
