chalybeius
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek χαλυβήϊος (khalubḗïos), from χάλυψ (khálups).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʰa.lyˈbeː.i.us/, [kʰälʲʏˈbeːiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.liˈbe.i.us/, [käliˈbɛːius]
Adjective edit
chalybēius (feminine chalybēia, neuter chalybēium); first/second-declension adjective
- made of iron or steel, chalybeate
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | chalybēius | chalybēia | chalybēium | chalybēiī | chalybēiae | chalybēia | |
| Genitive | chalybēiī | chalybēiae | chalybēiī | chalybēiōrum | chalybēiārum | chalybēiōrum | |
| Dative | chalybēiō | chalybēiō | chalybēiīs | ||||
| Accusative | chalybēium | chalybēiam | chalybēium | chalybēiōs | chalybēiās | chalybēia | |
| Ablative | chalybēiō | chalybēiā | chalybēiō | chalybēiīs | |||
| Vocative | chalybēie | chalybēia | chalybēium | chalybēiī | chalybēiae | chalybēia | |
Synonyms edit
- (made of iron): ferreus
Related terms edit
References edit
- “chălybēïus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- CALIBEUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “chalybēïus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- chăly̆bēĭus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 298/1.
- “chalybēius” on page 308/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)