χαλκεύς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=έως, ὁ: pl. <b class="b3">χαλκεῖς</b>, Att. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> -ῆς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>490</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>370d</span>, Ep. <b class="b3">-ῆες</b> (v. infr.): acc. χαλκέας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>221e</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>428d</span>, χαλκεῖς Plu.2.214a:—<b class="b2">coppersmith</b>, opp. <b class="b3">τέκτων</b> (joiner, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>370d</span>), ἣν [ἀσπίδα] χ. ἤλασεν <span class="bibl">Il.12.295</span>, etc.; μίτρη, τὴν χαλκῆες κάμον ἄνδρες <span class="bibl">4.187</span>,<span class="bibl">216</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, <b class="b2">worker in metal</b>, of a <b class="b2">goldsmith</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.3.432</span>; of a <b class="b2">worker in iron</b>. <span class="bibl">9.391</span>; hence later, <b class="b2">blacksmith, smith</b> (χαλκέας τοὺς τὸν σίδηρον ἐργαζομένους <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1461a29</span>), <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.68</span>, Ar.l.c., <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>3.4.17</span>; ἀνὴρ χ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.200</span>; χ. χαλκοῦ καὶ σιδήρου <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Ge.</span>4.22</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">John Dory, Zeus faber</b>, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>1.133</span>, prob. in <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>535b18</span>; distd. fr. <b class="b3">χαλκίς</b>, <span class="bibl">Ath.7.328d</span>.</span>