The corpus record

χαλκήρης

chalkeres

furnished, fitted with bronze, tipped

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Where it lives

Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
Iliad 16 · 1.43/10k
Odyssey 9 · 1.04/10k

What it meant — LSJ

furnished, fitted with bronze, tipped, armed with bronze

furnished or fitted with bronze, of spears and arrows tipped or armed with bronze, ξυστόν, δόρυ, ὀϊστός, ἰοί, Il. 4.469, 5.145, 13.650, Od. 1.262; χαλκήρεον (sic) ἔγχος Pancrat. in POxy. 1085.6; κυνέη, κόρυς, Il. 3.316, 15.535; σάκη 17.268; generally, χ. τεύχεα 15.544; χ. στόλος, of a shipʼs beak, A. Pers. 408; ναῦς χ. Plu. Demetr. 42, Sull. 22.

In the wild

χαλκήρη · chalkērē Aeschylus, Persians 408
χαλκήρεϊ · chalkērei Iliad 11.260
χαλκήρεϊ · chalkērei Iliad 11.742
χαλκήρεʼ · chalkēreʼ Iliad 13.650
χαλκήρεʼ · chalkēreʼ Iliad 13.662
χαλκήρεας · chalkēreas Iliad 13.714

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Where it came from

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