The corpus record

χαλκεύς

chalkeus · ὁ

coppersmith

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Where it lives

2 Timothy 1 · 8.34/10k
Cratylus 2 · 1.12/10k
Esdras II 1 · 0.84/10k
Isaias 2 · 0.76/10k
Protagoras 1 · 0.56/10k
Discourses 4 · 0.54/10k
Siracides 1 · 0.54/10k
Paralipomenon II 1 · 0.51/10k
Eudemian Ethics 1 · 0.38/10k
Iliad 4 · 0.36/10k
Genesis 1 · 0.33/10k
Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

coppersmith

coppersmith, opp. τέκτων (joiner, Pl. R. 370d), ἣν [ἀσπίδα] χ. ἤλασεν Il. 12.295, etc.; μίτρη, τὴν χαλκῆες κάμον ἄνδρες 4.187, 216.

2 worker in metal, goldsmith, worker in iron, blacksmith, smith

generally, worker in metal, of a goldsmith, Od. 3.432; of a worker in iron. 9.391; hence later, blacksmith, smith (χαλκέας τοὺς τὸν σίδηρον ἐργαζομένους Arist. Po. 1461a29), Hdt. 1.68, Ar. l.c., X. HG 3.4.17; ἀνὴρ χ. Hdt. 4.200; χ. χαλκοῦ καὶ σιδήρου LXX Ge. 4.22.

II John Dory, Zeus faber

John Dory, Zeus faber, Opp. H. 1.133, prob. in Arist. HA 535b18; distd. fr. χαλκίς, Ath. 7.328d.

In the wild

χαλκεὺς · chalkeus Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 2
χαλκεύς · chalkeus Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.4 (DIORISIS sentence 603)
χαλκεὺς · chalkeus Epictetus, Discourses 2.10 (DIORISIS sentence 2375)
χαλκεύς · chalkeus Epictetus, Discourses 3.23 (DIORISIS sentence 5124)
χαλκεὺς · chalkeus Epictetus, Discourses 4.11 (DIORISIS sentence 7172)
χαλκεύς · chalkeus Epictetus, Discourses 4.8 (DIORISIS sentence 6922)

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Where it came from

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