χαλκεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαλκός (khalkós) +‎ -εύς (-eús).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰal.kěu̯s/ → /xalˈceɸs/ → /xalˈcefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰal.kěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰalˈkews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xalˈceɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xalˈcefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xalˈcefs/

Noun

χαλκεύς • (khalkeús) m (genitive χαλκέως); third declension

1. coppersmith
2. (generalized) smith, metalworker

Declension

Third declension of ὁ χᾰλκεύς; τοῦ χᾰλκέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χᾰλκεύς ho khalkeús	τὼ χᾰλκῆ tṑ khalkê	οἱ χᾰλκῆς / χᾰλκεῖς hoi khalkês / khalkeîs
Genitive	τοῦ χᾰλκέως toû khalkéōs	τοῖν χᾰλκέοιν toîn khalkéoin	τῶν χᾰλκέων tôn khalkéōn
Dative	τῷ χᾰλκεῖ tôi khalkeî	τοῖν χᾰλκέοιν toîn khalkéoin	τοῖς χᾰλκεῦσῐ / χᾰλκεῦσῐν toîs khalkeûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν χᾰλκέᾱ tòn khalkéā	τὼ χᾰλκῆ tṑ khalkê	τοὺς χᾰλκέᾱς toùs khalkéās
Vocative	χᾰλκεῦ khalkeû	χᾰλκῆ khalkê	χᾰλκῆς / χᾰλκεῖς khalkês / khalkeîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of χᾰλκεύς; χᾰλκῆος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	χᾰλκεύς khalkeús	χᾰλκῆε khalkêe	χᾰλκῆες khalkêes
Genitive	χᾰλκῆος / χᾰλκέος khalkêos / khalkéos	χᾰλκήοιῐν khalkḗoiin	χᾰλκήων khalkḗōn
Dative	χᾰλκῆῐ̈ / χᾰλκέῐ̈ khalkêï / khalkéï	χᾰλκήοιῐν khalkḗoiin	χᾰλκήεσσῐ / χᾰλκήεσσῐν / χᾰλκεῦσῐ / χᾰλκεῦσῐν khalkḗessi(n) / khalkeûsi(n)
Accusative	χᾰλκῆᾰ / χᾰλκέᾰ khalkêa / khalkéa	χᾰλκῆε khalkêe	χᾰλκῆᾰς khalkêas
Vocative	χᾰλκεῦ khalkeû	χᾰλκῆε khalkêe	χᾰλκῆες khalkêes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “χαλκεύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• χαλκεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• χαλκεύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “χαλκεύς”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “χαλκεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G5471 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • blacksmith idem, page 81.
  • brass idem, page 93.
  • brazier idem, page 94.
  • coppersmith idem, page 173.
  • metal work idem, page 527.
  • silver-smith idem, page 776.
  • smith idem, page 787.
  • worker idem, page 988.