Calchas

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κάλχας (Kálkhas).

Pronunciation

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.

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