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|lshtext=<b>Chalcis</b>: ĭdis or ĭdŏs, f., = Χαλκίς.<br /><b>I</b> Chief [[town]] of the [[island]] Eubœa, [[opposite]] to [[Aulis]], [[connected]] by a [[bridge]] [[with]] the [[main]] [[land]], [[now]] Egribo or Negroponte; also called [[Chalcis]] Euboica, or [[Chalcis]] Eubœœ, Col. 1, 4, 9; Luc. 5, 227; Mel. 2, 7, 9; Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 64; 11, 37, 74, § 191; Nep. Timoth. 3, 5; Vell. 1, 4, 1; gen. Gr. Chalcidos, Luc. 5, 227; acc. Gr. Chalcida, id. 2, 710.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Hence, the adjj.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chalcĭ-dĭcus, a, um, of [[Chalcis]], in Eubœa, Chalcidian: [[Euripus]], Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24: [[creta]], Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 1: galli, id. ib. 3, 9, 6: gallinae, Col. 8, 2, 4 and 13: [[ficus]], Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 6; Col. 5, 10, 11; 5, 10, 414: harenae, Val. Fl. 1, 454: [[versus]], of the [[poet]] Euphorion, a [[native]] of [[Chalcis]], Verg. E. 10, 50; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 56: [[Nola]], founded by the Chalcidians, Sil. 12, 161.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Since Cumæ [[was]] a [[colony]] of [[Chalcis]], Cumœan: arx, Cumœ, Verg. A. 6, 17: turres, Stat. S. 2, 2, 94- litora, id. ib. 4, 4, 78: [[carmen]], of the Cumœan [[Sibyl]], id. ib. 5, 3, 182.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Subst.: Chalcĭdĭcum, i, n., a [[chamber]] at the [[corner]] of a basuica, on [[each]] [[side]] of the [[tribunal]], Aug. Mon. Ancyr. 4, 1; Vitr. 5, 1; Hyg. Fab. 184; Inscr. Orell. 1303; 3287; 3290 sq.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 52 Müll.— Also a [[spacious]] [[chamber]] in Grecian houses, Aus. Per. Odyss. 1; 23; Arn. 4, p. 149; 3, p. 105.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chalcĭdensis, e, adj., Chalcidian: Timagoras, of [[Chalcis]], [[Χαλκιδεύς]], Plin. 35, 9, 35, § 58; Liv. 35, 49, 6.—In plur. subst., the inhabitants of [[Chalcis]], Liv. 35, 38, 10 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chalcĭdĭcensis, e, adj., of [[Chalcis]]: [[colonia]], i. e. Cumœ (cf. [[supra]]), Gell. 10, 16, 8.—<br /><b>II</b> A [[town]] in [[Arabia]], Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 159.—<br /><b>III</b> A [[town]] in [[Syria]], Plin. 5, 23, 19, § 81.

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