The corpus record

χαλκ-εῖον

chalkeion · τό

cauldron, pot

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Where it lives

De Respiratione 2 · 3.29/10k
Esdras I 1 · 1.22/10k
Symposium 1 · 1.05/10k
Euthydemus 1 · 0.8/10k
Job 1 · 0.75/10k
Paralipomenon II 1 · 0.51/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant — LSJ

1. χαλκ-εῖον · chalk-eion

= foreg. [χαλκεία] II, Hdt. 1.68, Hp. Art. 47, 77, And. 1.40, Pl. Euthd. 300b.

= χαλκίον (q.v.):

1 cauldron, pot, copper, vessel

cauldron, pot, Hdt. 4.81, 152 (v.l. χαλκίον), Hp. Morb. 4.39, Pl. Prt. 329a codd.: esp. copper in baths, Thphr. Char. 9.8; χ. ἐρυθρόν vessel of pure copper, Hp. Ulc. 12; χ. μολυβοῦν POxy. 1648.62 (ii A. D.).

2 concave metal reflector

concave metal reflector in a lamp, X. Smp. 7.4.

3 bronze structure

bronze structure, Paus. 2.22.2.

III a festival at the end of the month Pyanopsion

τὰ χαλκεῖα (sc. ἱερά), at Athens, a festival at the end of the month Pyanopsion, Phanod. 22, Hyp. Fr. 90, cf. Poll. 7.105; title of play by Menander.

2. χαλκ-ήϊον · chalk-ēion

In the wild

χαλκείοις · chalkeiois Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 197)
χαλκείοις · chalkeiois Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 72)
χαλκήια · chalkēia Odyssey 3.433
χαλκείοις · chalkeiois Plato, Euthydemus 300
χαλκείοις · chalkeiois Septuaginta, Esdras I 1
χαλκεῖον · chalkeion Septuaginta, Job 41

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