1. chalcis — Lewis & Short
chalcis, ĭdis, f., = xalki/s.
I A fish of the herring kind, Col. 8, 17, 12; Plin. 9, 47, 71, § 154; 9, 51, 74, § 162.—
II A lizard with copper-colored spots on its back, Plin. 32, 3, 13, § 30; 32, 5, 17, § 46.
The corpus record — Latin
chalcis1
chalcis1 · f
A fish of the herring kind
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Where it lives
- Timotheus 1 · 15.36/10k
- Antoninus Pius 2 · 8.91/10k
- Mercator 2 · 2.34/10k
- Ab urbe condita 90 · 1.74/10k
- Troades 1 · 1.47/10k
- Hercules Oetaeus 1 · 0.89/10k
- Naturalis Historia 16 · 0.4/10k
- Res Rustica, Books I-IX 2 · 0.25/10k
- Thebais 1 · 0.16/10k
What it meant
2. Chalcis — Lewis & Short
Chalcis, ĭdis or ĭdŏs, f., = *xalki/s.
I Chief town of the island Eubœa, opposite to Aulis, connected by a bridge with the main land, now Egribo or Negroponte; also called Chalcis Euboica, or Chalcis Eubœœ, Col. 1, 4, 9; Luc. 5, 227; Mel. 2, 7, 9; Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 64; 11, 37, 74, § 191; Nep. Timoth. 3, 5; Vell. 1, 4, 1; gen. Gr. Chalcidos, Luc. 5, 227; acc. Gr. Chalcida, id. 2, 710.—
B Hence, the adjj.,
1 Chalcĭ-dĭcus, a, um, of Chalcis, in Eubœa, Chalcidian:
Euripus,Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24:
creta,Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 1:
galli,id. ib. 3, 9, 6:
gallinae,Col. 8, 2, 4 and 13:
ficus,Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 6; Col. 5, 10, 11; 5, 10, 414:
harenae,Val. Fl. 1, 454: versus, of the poet Euphorion, a native of Chalcis, Verg. E. 10, 50; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 56:
Nola,founded by the Chalcidians, Sil. 12, 161.—
(b) Since Cumæ was a colony of Chalcis, Cumœan:
arx,Cumœ, Verg. A. 6, 17:
turres,Stat. S. 2, 2, 94- litora, id. ib. 4, 4, 78:
carmen,of the Cumœan Sibyl, id. ib. 5, 3, 182.—
b Subst.: Chalcĭdĭcum, i, n., a chamber at the corner of a basuica, on each side of the tribunal, Aug. Mon. Ancyr. 4, 1; Vitr. 5, 1; Hyg. Fab. 184; Inscr. Orell. 1303; 3287; 3290 sq.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 52 Müll.— Also a spacious chamber in Grecian houses, Aus. Per. Odyss. 1; 23; Arn. 4, p. 149; 3, p. 105.—
2 Chalcĭdensis, e, adj., Chalcidian: Timagoras, of Chalcis, *xalkideu/s, Plin. 35, 9, 35, § 58; Liv. 35, 49, 6.—In plur. subst., the inhabitants of Chalcis, Liv. 35, 38, 10 al.—
3 Chalcĭdĭcensis, e, adj., of Chalcis: colonia, i. e. Cumœ (cf. supra), Gell. 10, 16, 8.—
II A town in Arabia, Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 159.—
III A town in Syria, Plin. 5, 23, 19, § 81.
In the wild
- Chalcidem Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.31.23.4
- Chalcidem Livy, Ab urbe condita 4.42.43.9
- Chalcidem Livy, Ab urbe condita 4.42.43.6
- Chalcidem Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.34.23.8
- Chalcidem Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.36.11.1
- Chalcide Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.8.22.6
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