Calchas

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κάλχας (Kálkhas).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.kʰaːs/, [ˈkäɫ̪kʰäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.kas/, [ˈkälkäs]

Proper noun

Calchās m sg (genitive Calchāntis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) A Greek soothsayer during the war of Troy and son of Thestor

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Calchās
Genitive	Calchāntis
Dative	Calchāntī
Accusative	Calchāntem
Ablative	Calchānte
Vocative	Calchās

References

• “Calchas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Calchas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Calchas”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray