Chalcis

See also: chalcis

Translingual

Chalcis sispes

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χαλκίς (Khalkís).

Proper noun

Chalcis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Chalcididae – type genus of chalcid wasps.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Hymenoptera – order; Apocrita - suborder; Chalcidoidea - superfamily; Chalcididae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Chalcis sispes - type species; for the numerous other species see Chalcis (wasp) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Chalcis (wasp) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chalcidini on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Chalcis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χαλκίς (Khalkís).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkælsɪs/

Proper noun

Chalcis

1. A city in Euboea, Greece.
2. An ancient town in Aeolis, in modern Turkey.
3. An ancient town in Aetolia, in modern Greece.
4. An ancient town in Elis, in modern Greece.
5. An ancient town in Epirus, in modern Greece.
6. An ancient town in modern northern Syria, now known as Qinnasrin.
7. The former Byzantine name of İnecik, a village in Thrace in modern Turkey.

Synonyms

• Chalkida (a city in Greece)

Related terms

• Chalcidian

Translations

city

• Armenian: Խալկիդա (Xalkida)
• Finnish: Khalkis
• Georgian: ქალკისი (kalḳisi), ქალკიდა (kalḳida)
• Greek: Χαλκίδα (el) f (Chalkída)

  Ancient: Χαλκίς f (Khalkís)

• Italian: Calcide f
• Ottoman Turkish: اغریبوز (Eğriboz)
• Russian: Халки́да (ru) f (Xalkída)

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χαλκίς (Khalkís).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰal.kis/, [ˈkʰäɫ̪kɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.t͡ʃis/, [ˈkäl̠ʲt͡ʃis]

Proper noun

Chalcis f sg (genitive Chalcidis or Chalcidos); third declension

1. Chalcis (the chief town of the island of Euboea in modern Greece)
2. Chalcis (an ancient town in Aeolis, in modern Turkey)
3. Chalcis (an ancient town in Aetolia, in modern Greece)
4. Chalcis (an ancient town in Elis, in modern Greece)
5. Chalcis (an ancient town in Epirus, in modern Greece)
6. Chalcis (an ancient town in modern northern Syria)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• Chalcidēnsis
• Chalcidicēnsis
• Chalcidicum
• Chalcidicus
• Chalcis Euboeae
• Chalcis Euboica

References

• “Chalcis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Chalcis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Chalcis” on page 308 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• “Chalcis” on page 308 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)