The corpus record

χαλκ-ίζω

chalkizo

shine like brass

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What it meant — LSJ

shine like brass, ring like brass

shine like brass, χ. τὴν χροιάν Sch. Il. 14.291; of snakes, χρώματι χ. Philum. Ven. 32.1; ring like brass, φωνὴ χαλκίζουσα Poll. 2.117.

II play the game χαλκισμός, ‘spin a copper’

play the game χαλκισμός, ‘spin a copper’, Alex. 337, Herod. 3.65, Poll. 7.105, 206; cf. χαλκίνδα.

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.

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