χαλκός: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=![[χαλκός]], οῦ, ὁ,<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[copper]], Lat. aes, Hom., etc.; called in [[reference]] to its [[colour]], [[ἐρυθρός]], Il.:—[[copper]] was the [[first]] [[metal]] [[wrought]] for use, τοῖς δ' ἦν χάλκεα μὲν τεύχη χάλκεοι δέ τε [[οἶκοι]], χαλκῷ δ' ἐργάζοντο, [[μέλας]] δ' οὐκ [[ἔσκε]] [[σίδηρος]] Hes.:—[[hence]] [[χαλκός]] came to be used for [[metal]] in [[general]]; and, [[when]] men learnt to [[work]] [[iron]], [[χαλκός]] was used for [[σίδηρος]], and [[χαλκεύς]] came to [[mean]] a [[blacksmith]]. [[χαλκός]] also meant [[bronze]] (i. e. [[copper]] [[alloyed]] with tin), not [[brass]] (i. e. [[copper]] [[alloyed]] with zinc, [[which]] was a [[later]] [[invention]]), and [[this]] was its [[sense]] [[when]] applied to [[arms]].<br /><b class="num">II.</b> [[anything]] made of [[brass]] or [[metal]], as a [[spear]], [[sword]], [[knife]], etc., Il.; χαλκὸν ζώννυσθαι of a [[warrior]] girding on his [[armour]], Il., etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of vessels, a [[copper]], [[caldron]], urn, Hom., etc.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> of a brasen [[mirror]], Anth.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> a [[copper]] [[coin]], like [[χαλκοῦς]] II, Anth.