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Chălўbes

Chălўbes · m

A people in Pontus

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What it meant

Chălўbes — Lewis & Short

Chălўbes, um, m., = *xa/lubes.

I A people in Pontus, noted for their mines and their preparation of steel [chalybs, hence the name; acc. to others, on the contr., steel, xa/luy, was named from them], Plin. 6, 4, 4, § 11; 7, 56, 57, § 197; Cat. 66, 48; Verg. G. 1, 58; id. A. 8, 421; 10, 174 al.
II A tribe on the river Chalybs in Lusitania, Just. 44, 3, 9.

Where it came from

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