smithʼs work
smithʼs work, Hp. Art. 53; opp. τεκτονική (joinerʼs work), Pl. Prt. 324e, cf. Smp. 197b.
II smithy, forge
smithy, forge, Hero Bel. 98.3.
The corpus record
χαλκ-εία
chalkeia · ἡ
smithʼs work
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Where it lives
- Epinomis 1 · 1.59/10k
- Protagoras 1 · 0.56/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- χαλκεία · chalkeia Plato, Epinomis 975
- χαλκεία · chalkeia Plato, Protagoras 325
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.