The corpus record

χαλκόπους

chalkopous · ὁ

with feet of bronze

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Where it lives

Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
Electra 1 · 1.15/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k

What it meant — LSJ

with feet of bronze, founded on bronze, copper, with bronze slippers

with feet of bronze, τρίπους E. Supp. 1197; ὀδός, founded on bronze, S. OC 57 (expld. by Sch. with ref. to copper-mines): in Hom. of horses, to express the solid strength of their hoofs, χαλκόποδʼ ἵππω Il. 8.41; ταῦροι Pherecyd. 112J.; χ. Ἐρινύς, to express her untiring pursuit, S. El. 491 (lyr.); of Empedocles, with bronze slippers, Luc. DMort. 6[20].4.

In the wild

χαλκόπους · chalkopous Euripides, Suppliants *)aqh/na (DIORISIS sentence 701)
χαλκόποδʼ · chalkopodʼ Iliad 13.23
χαλκόποδʼ · chalkopodʼ Iliad 8.41
χαλκόπους · chalkopous Sophocles, Electra 487–491
χαλκόπους · chalkopous Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 56–57

Where it came from

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