χάλκεος: Difference between revisions

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|Definition=έα, Ion. <b class="b3">-έη</b> (Hom. always <b class="b3">-είη</b> (v. <b class="b3">χάλκειος</b>)), εον (also εος, εον <span class="bibl">Il.18.222</span> (<b class="b3">ὄπα χάλκεον Αἰακίδαο</b>, where Zenod. <b class="b3">χαλκέην</b> as disyll.), Hdt. (v. infr.): rarely in Trag., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>686</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>534.3</span>,<span class="bibl">7</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>1</span>; Aeol., Dor. χάλκιος <span class="bibl">Epich.79</span>, <span class="bibl">Alc.15.3</span>, <span class="title">SIG</span> 945.6 (Assos, iv B. C.), <span class="title">IGRom.</span>4.1302.35 (Cyme, i B. C./i A. D.), also Boeot., cf. [[χαλκοῦς;]] Att. χαλκοῦς, ῆ, οῦν (<span class="title">IG</span>12.313.55, etc., but <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> χαλκέων δέλτων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ax.</span>371a</span> codd.); Ep. also χάλκειος, v. [[χάλκειος]]: (χαλκός):—<b class="b2">of copper</b> or <b class="b2">bronze, brazen</b>, <b class="b3">οὐδός, δόμος, τεῖχος</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.8.15</span>, <span class="bibl">18.371</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.10.4</span>; <b class="b3">ἄξων, κύκλα</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.13.30</span>, <span class="bibl">5.723</span>; χ. Ἀράων θάλαμοι Antim. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMilan.</span>17.48</span>; χ. καὶ ἀδαμαντίνοις τείχεσι <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.84</span>; ὀδός Astyd.9, <span class="bibl">Ister 30</span>; esp. of arms and armour, <b class="b3">ἔγχος, ξίφος</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.3.317</span>,<span class="bibl">335</span>; σάκος <span class="bibl">7.220</span>; <b class="b3">θώρηξ, χιτών</b>, <span class="bibl">13.398</span>,<span class="bibl">440</span>; ἔντεα <span class="bibl">18.131</span>, etc.; χαλκέοις ὅπλοις <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1359</span>; also λέβητος χαλκέου <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>686</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>392</span>; <b class="b3">χαλκέοισικάδοις, χαλκέοις δρεπάνοις</b>, S.l.c.; in Trag. mostly contr., χαλκοῖς βάθροισι Id.<span class="title">OC</span>1591; χαλκῆς ὑπαὶ σάλπιγγος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span> 711</span>; χαλκῆς ἐκ δέλτου <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>683</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> of statues, <b class="b3">χ. Ζεύς, χ. Ποσειδέων</b>, a <b class="b2">bronze</b> statue of... <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.81</span>; χ. ταῦρος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.95</span>; ἡ χαλκῆ Ἀθηνᾶ <span class="bibl">D.19.272</span>; ἱστάναι τινὰ χαλκοῦν <span class="bibl">Id.13.21</span>; ἄξιος σταθῆναι χαλκοῦς <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1410a33</span>; στήλη ἐφ' ᾗ ὁ στρατηγός ἐστιν ὁ χαλκοῦς <span class="bibl">And.1.38</span>; cf. [[χαλκῆ]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b3">χ. ἀγών</b> a contest <b class="b2">for a shield of brass</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>10.22</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b2">brazen</b>, i. e. <b class="b2">hard, stout, strong</b>, χάλκεος Ἄρης <span class="bibl">Il.5.704</span>, etc. (unless <b class="b2">wearing brazen armour</b>, cf. <b class="b3">χάλκεοι ἄνδρες</b> Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.152</span>); <b class="b3">Χαλκοῦς</b>, nickname of Aristomedes, Din. ap. Did.<b class="b2">in D</b>.<span class="bibl">9.57</span>, <span class="bibl">Philem.1.2</span> D., <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Dem.</span>11</span>; χ. στονόεντ' ὅμαδον <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>8(7).27</span>; χ. αὐδά <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pae.</span>2.100</span>; <b class="b3">χάλκεον ἦτορ</b> a heart <b class="b2">of brass</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.2.490</span>; ὄπα χ. <span class="bibl">18.222</span>; <b class="b3">χ. ὕπνος</b>, i. e. the sleep of death, <span class="bibl">11.241</span>; <b class="b3">χαλκέοισι νώτοις</b>, of Atlas, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">χαλκῆ μυῖα</b>, a boy's game, a sort of <b class="b2">blind-man's-buff</b>, <span class="bibl">Herod.9a</span>, <span class="bibl">Poll.9.123</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as Subst., v. [[χαλκοῦς. [χάλκεοι]] is disyll. in <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Op.</span>150</span>.]</span>

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