chalybs

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

chălybs: ybis, m., = χάλυψ,
I 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.—
II Meton., the things made of it.
   A A sword: strictus, Sen. Thyest. 364.—
   B A horse's bit, Luc. 6, 398.—
   C The point of an arrow, Luc. 7, 518; Val. Fl. 6, 342; Sil. 2, 107 al.—
   D An iron rail, Luc. 6, 547.