χάλκεος
chalkeos
of copper
Appears 26 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
χάλκεος, έα, Ion. -έη ( always -είη (v. χάλκειος)), εον (also εος, εον Il. 18.222 (ὄπα χάλκεον Αἰακίδαο, where χαλκέην as disyll.), (v. infr.): rarely in Trag., Ch. 686, Fr. 534.3,7 (anap.), Ion 1; Aeol., Dor. χάλκιος 79, 15.3, SIG 945.6 (Assos, iv B. C.), IGRom. 4.1302.35 (Cyme, i B. C./i A. D.), also Boeot., cf. χαλκοῦς; Att. χαλκοῦς, ῆ, οῦν (IG 12.313.55, etc., but χαλκέων δέλτων Ax. 371a codd.); Ep. also χάλκειος, v. χάλκειος: (χαλκός):—A. of copper or bronze, brazen, οὐδός, δόμος, τεῖχος, Il. 8.15, 18.371, Od. 10.4; ἄξων, κύκλα, Il. 13.30, 5.723; χ. Ἀράων θάλαμοι in PMilan. 17.48; χ. καὶ ἀδαμαντίνοις τείχεσι 3.84; ὀδός 9, 30; esp. of arms and armour, ἔγχος, ξίφος, Il. 3.317,335; σάκος 7.220; θώρηξ, χιτών, 13.398,440; ἔντεα 18.131, etc.; χαλκέοις ὅπλοις Ph. 1359; also λέβητος χαλκέου Ch. 686, cf. Cyc. 392; χαλκέοισικάδοις, χαλκέοις δρεπάνοις, S.l.c.; in Trag. mostly contr., χαλκοῖς βάθροισι OC 1591; χαλκῆς ὑπαὶ σάλπιγγος El. 711; χαλκῆς ἐκ δέλτου Tr. 683. b. of statues, χ. Ζεύς, χ. Ποσειδέων, a bronze statue of . . , 9.81; χ. ταῦρος P. 1.95; ἡ χαλκῆ Ἀθηνᾶ 19.272; ἱστάναι τινὰ χαλκοῦν 13.21; ἄξιος σταθῆναι χαλκοῦς Rh. 1410a33; στήλη ἐφʼ ᾗ ὁ στρατηγός ἐστιν ὁ χαλκοῦς 1.38; cf. χαλκῆ. c. χ. ἀγών a contest for a shield of brass, N. 10.22. 2. metaph., brazen, i. e. hard, stout, strong, χάλκεος Ἄρης Il. 5.704, etc. (unless wearing brazen armour, cf. χάλκεοι ἄνδρες Orac. ap. 2.152); Χαλκοῦς, nickname of Aristomedes, ap. in D. 9.57, 1.2 , Dem. 11; χ. στονόεντʼ ὅμαδον I. 8(7).27; χ. αὐδά Pae. 2.100; χάλκεον ἦτορ a heart of brass, Il. 2.490; ὄπα χ. 18.222; χ. ὕπνος, i. e. the sleep of death, 11.241; χαλκέοισι νώτοις, of Atlas, Ion 1. 3. χαλκῆ μυῖα, a boyʼs game, a sort of blind-manʼs-buff, 9a, 9.123. II. as Subst., v. χαλκοῦς. [χάλκεοι is disyll. in Op. 150.]
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