- χαλκίς
- χαλκίς, ίδος, ἡ, an unknown bird (cf. κύμινδις), Il.14.291, cf. Arist.HA615b10, Parth.13.4:—Cratin.315 (hex.) parodies Il.l.c., taking χ. in the sense ofA a brazen pot.2 = pica maritima (i. e. roller, Coracias garrula), Gloss.II a migratory fish, perh. pilchard or sardine, Clupea sardina, Epich.48, al., Arist.HA543a2, Numen. ap. Ath.7.328d, Opp.H.1.244; also a freshwater fish, Arist. HA568a18.IV at Lacedaemon, female slave, Proxen.8, Eust.1090.57.V as pr. n., Χαλκίς, ίδος, ἡ, Chalcis, name of various cities, Il.2.537, etc.
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