The corpus record

χαλκοῦς

chalkous

copper coin

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What it meant — LSJ

Att. contr. from χάλκεος, q.v.

II copper coin, money

Subst. χαλκοῦς, ὁ, copper coin used at Athens, 1/8 of an obol, Ar. Ec. 815, 818, D. 42.22, Alex. 15.2, Philem. 64, 74, Cerc. 17.41, Plu. QConv. 2.665b, etc.: in pl., money, PCair.Zen. 519 (iii B. C.), etc.

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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