chalybeius
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek χαλυβήϊος (khalubḗïos), from χάλυψ (khálups).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʰa.lyˈbeː.i.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ka.liˈbɛː.i.us]
Adjective
chalybēïus (feminine chalybēïa, neuter chalybēïum); first/second-declension adjective
- made of iron or steel, chalybeate
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | chalybēïus | chalybēïa | chalybēïum | chalybēïī | chalybēïae | chalybēïa | |
| genitive | chalybēïī | chalybēïae | chalybēïī | chalybēïōrum | chalybēïārum | chalybēïōrum | |
| dative | chalybēïō | chalybēïae | chalybēïō | chalybēïīs | |||
| accusative | chalybēïum | chalybēïam | chalybēïum | chalybēïōs | chalybēïās | chalybēïa | |
| ablative | chalybēïō | chalybēïā | chalybēïō | chalybēïīs | |||
| vocative | chalybēïe | chalybēïa | chalybēïum | chalybēïī | chalybēïae | chalybēïa | |
Synonyms
- (made of iron): ferreus
Related terms
References
- “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)