χαλκός
χαλκός, Cret.
καυχός GDI 5011.4 (iii B. C.),
ὁ:—
A). copper, χ. ἐρυθρός Il. 9.365 ; with reference to its polished surface,
αἶθοψ, ἦνοψ, νῶροψ, φαεινός, 4.495 ,
16.408 ,
2.578 ,
12.151 ;
Τρῶες .. χαλκῷ μαρμαίροντες 13.801 ;
πεδίον .. λάμπετο χαλκῷ 20.156 ;
τῆλε δὲ χ. λάμφ’ ὥς τε στεροπή 10.153 , cf.
11.65 ,
19.363 ;
σάκος .. χαλκῷ παμφαῖνον 14.11 ; and of the ornaments of a house,
χαλκοῦ τε στεροπήν Od. 4.72 ; of
copper as the first metal that men learnt to smelt and work,
τῶν δ’ ἦν χάλκεα μὲν τεύχεα, χάλκεοι δέ τε οἶκοι, χαλκῷ δ’ εἰργάζοντο, μέλας δ’ οὐκ ἔσκε σίδηρος Hes. Op. 151 ;
χ. ἐρυθρός (cf. supr.)
Hp. Ulc. 17 ,
Thphr. Lap. 57 ,
Callix. 1 ;
χ. ἐρυθρὸς καὶ λευκός Thphr. Od. 71 ;
χ. Κύπριος Posidon. 52J. ,
Dsc. 1.102 , cf.
Polyaen. 3.10.14 ; alloyed with tin to form
bronze, the usual meaning of the word in
Hom. (v. infr.
11 ) and freq. in later writers:
σίδηρος δὲ καὶ χ. πολέμων ὄργανα Pl. Lg. 956a , etc.;
χ. κεκραμένος D.Chr. 28.3 .
II). in Poets freq. for
anything made of metal, esp. of arms (hence
Pi. calls it
πολιός, the proper epith. of iron,
P. 3.48 ); of offensive arms,
ὀξέϊ χαλκῷ, νηλέϊ χ., of a spear, a sword,
Il. 4.540 ,
3.292 , al.; of a knife,
1.236 , al.; of an axe,
13.180 ,
Od. 5.244 , al.; of a fish-hook,
Il. 16.408 ; of defensive arms, as the plates laid on a shield,
20.275 ;
χαλκὸν ζώννυσθαι, of a warrior girding on his armour,
23.130 ;
κεκορυθμένος, αἴθοπι χ. 4.495 ;
ἐδύσετο νώροπα χ. 2.578 ; of both combined,
πλάγχθη δ’ ἀπὸ χαλκόφι χαλκός the spear of bronze glanced off
the helm of bronze, 11.351 .
2). of vessels,
copper, cauldron, urn, 18.349 ,
Od. 8.426 ; of a cinerary urn,
S. El. 758 ; collectively of
bronze plate, χ. μυρίος, Pi. N. 10.45 ;
θάλαμον .. , ὅθι νητὸς χρυσὸς καὶ χ. ἔκειτο Od. 2.338 , cf.
13.19 ,
21.10 ,
62 ,
Il. 2.226 ; used in payment of ransom,
22.50 , cf.
340 ,
Od. 5.38 .
4). collectively,
copper money,
IPE 12.24.15 (Olbia, iv B. C.),
Ev.Matt. 10.9 ,
Ev.Marc. 12.41 , cf.
ἰσόνομος 11 ; generally,
money, opp.
κύαμοι, IG 14.423 ii 21 (Tauromenium), cf.
BGU 822.12 (iii A. D.), etc.;
χαλκοῦ σπάνις Men
Mon. 156 ;
χαλκὸν ἔχων πῶς οὐδὲν ἔχεις μάθε AP 11.167 (Pollian.).
5). = χάλκωμα , bronze plate or tablet, τὰν προξενίαν γράψαντας εἰς χαλκὸν ἀνθέμεν IG 9(1).682 (Corcyra, iv B. C.); οὐετρανοὶ οἱ χωρὶς χαλκῶν, who have not received bronze copies of the privileges granted on discharge, BGU 113.5 (ii A. D.), etc.
6). a weight, 1 / 8 obol, Gal. 19.752 .
b). χαλκοῦ λεπίς, small pieces that scale off under the hammer, ib. 78 . (Perh. cf. Lith. geležìs 'iron'.)
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">χαλκός</span>, Cret. <span class="orth greek">καυχός</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">GDI</span> 5011.4 </span> (iii B. C.), <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>:—<div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">copper,</span> <span class="quote greek">χ. ἐρυθρός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:365" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.365/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 9.365 </a> ; with reference to its polished surface, <span class="foreign greek">αἶθοψ, ἦνοψ, νῶροψ, φαεινός,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:495" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.495/canonical-url/"> 4.495 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:408" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.408/canonical-url/"> 16.408 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:578" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.578/canonical-url/"> 2.578 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:151" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:12.151/canonical-url/"> 12.151 </a>; <span class="quote greek">Τρῶες .. χαλκῷ μαρμαίροντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:801" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.801/canonical-url/"> 13.801 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πεδίον .. λάμπετο χαλκῷ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:20:156" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:20.156/canonical-url/"> 20.156 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τῆλε δὲ χ. λάμφ’ ὥς τε στεροπή</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:153" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:10.153/canonical-url/"> 10.153 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:65" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.65/canonical-url/"> 11.65 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:19:363" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:19.363/canonical-url/"> 19.363 </a>; <span class="quote greek">σάκος .. χαλκῷ παμφαῖνον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:14.11/canonical-url/"> 14.11 </a> ; and of the ornaments of a house, <span class="quote greek">χαλκοῦ τε στεροπήν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:72" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.72/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 4.72 </a> ; of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">copper</span> as the first metal that men learnt to smelt and work, <span class="quote greek">τῶν δ’ ἦν χάλκεα μὲν τεύχεα, χάλκεοι δέ τε οἶκοι, χαλκῷ δ’ εἰργάζοντο, μέλας δ’ οὐκ ἔσκε σίδηρος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:151" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:151/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 151 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">χ. ἐρυθρός</span> (cf. supr.) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg028.perseus-grc1:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg028.perseus-grc1:17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ulc.</span> 17 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg004:57" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg004:57/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lap.</span> 57 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1240.tlg001:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1240.tlg001:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Callix.</span> 1 </a>; <span class="quote greek">χ. ἐρυθρὸς καὶ λευκός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg010:71" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg010:71/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Od.</span> 71 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">χ. Κύπριος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1866.tlg001:52J" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1866.tlg001:52J/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Posidon.</span> 52J. </a> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 1.102 </span>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1620.tlg001:3:10:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1620.tlg001:3:10:14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Polyaen.</span> 3.10.14 </a>; alloyed with tin to form <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bronze,</span> the usual meaning of the word in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> (v. infr. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11/canonical-url/"> 11 </a>) and freq. in later writers: <span class="quote greek">σίδηρος δὲ καὶ χ. πολέμων ὄργανα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:956a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:956a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 956a </a> , etc.; <span class="quote greek">χ. κεκραμένος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0612.tlg001:28:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0612.tlg001:28.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.Chr.</span> 28.3 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> in Poets freq. for <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">anything made of metal,</span> esp. of arms (hence <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> </span> calls it <span class="foreign greek">πολιός,</span> the proper epith. of iron, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3.48/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 3.48 </a>); of offensive arms, <span class="foreign greek">ὀξέϊ χαλκῷ, νηλέϊ χ.,</span> of a spear, a sword, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:540" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.540/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 4.540 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:292" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.292/canonical-url/"> 3.292 </a>, al.; of a knife, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:236" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.236/canonical-url/"> 1.236 </a>, al.; of an axe, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:180" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.180/canonical-url/"> 13.180 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:244" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.244/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 5.244 </a>, al.; of a fish-hook, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:408" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.408/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 16.408 </a>; of defensive arms, as the plates laid on a shield, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:20:275" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:20.275/canonical-url/"> 20.275 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">χαλκὸν ζώννυσθαι,</span> of a warrior girding on his armour, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:130" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.130/canonical-url/"> 23.130 </a>; <span class="quote greek">κεκορυθμένος, αἴθοπι χ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:495" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.495/canonical-url/"> 4.495 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐδύσετο νώροπα χ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:578" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.578/canonical-url/"> 2.578 </a> ; of both combined, <span class="foreign greek">πλάγχθη</span> <span class="foreign greek">δ’ ἀπὸ χαλκόφι χαλκός</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the spear of bronze</span> glanced off <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the helm of bronze,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:351" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.351/canonical-url/"> 11.351 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> of vessels, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">copper, cauldron, urn,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:349" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:18.349/canonical-url/"> 18.349 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8:426" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.426/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 8.426 </a>; of a cinerary urn, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:758" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:758/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 758 </a>; collectively of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bronze plate,</span> <span class="foreign greek">χ. μυρίος,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:10:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:10.45/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 10.45 </a>; <span class="quote greek">θάλαμον .. , ὅθι νητὸς χρυσὸς καὶ χ. ἔκειτο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:338" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:2.338/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 2.338 </a> , cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:13:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:13.19/canonical-url/"> 13.19 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:21:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:21.10/canonical-url/"> 21.10 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:62" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:62/canonical-url/"> 62 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:226" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.226/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.226 </a>; used in payment of ransom, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:22:50" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:22.50/canonical-url/"> 22.50 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:340" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:340/canonical-url/"> 340 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.38/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 5.38 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> of a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bronze mirror,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:393" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:393/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 393 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lav.Pall.</span> 21 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ap</span> 6.210 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philet.</span></span>); used as a burning-glass, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg005:73" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg005:73/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ign.</span> 73 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> collectively, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">copper money</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IPE</span> 12.24.15 </span> (Olbia, iv B. C.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ev.Matt.</span> 10.9 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg002.perseus-grc1:12:41" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg002.perseus-grc1:12.41/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ev.Marc.</span> 12.41 </a>, cf. <span class="quote greek">ἰσόνομος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11/canonical-url/"> 11 </a> ; generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">money,</span> opp. <span class="foreign greek">κύαμοι,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 14.423 </span> <span class="bibl"> ii 21 </span> (Tauromenium), cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">BGU</span> 822.12 </span> (iii A. D.), etc.; <span class="foreign greek">χαλκοῦ σπάνις</span> Men<span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mon.</span> 156 </span>; <span class="quote greek">χαλκὸν ἔχων πῶς οὐδὲν ἔχεις μάθε</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 11.167 </span> (Pollian.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">χάλκωμα</span> , <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bronze plate</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tablet,</span> <span class="quote greek">τὰν προξενίαν γράψαντας εἰς χαλκὸν ἀνθέμεν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 9(1).682 </span> (Corcyra, iv B. C.); <span class="foreign greek">οὐετρανοὶ οἱ χωρὶς χαλκῶν,</span> who have not received <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bronze copies</span> of the privileges granted on discharge, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">BGU</span> 113.5 </span> (ii A. D.), etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> a weight, <span class="bibl"> 1 </span>/<span class="bibl"> 8 </span> obol, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 19.752 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">χαλκοῦ ἄνθος,</span> particles thrown off by copper when cooling, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg036:1:104" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg036:1.104/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mul.</span> 1.104 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1599.tlg001:102:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1599.tlg001:102.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Bel.</span> 102.34 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 5.77 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">χαλκοῦ λεπίς,</span> small pieces that scale off under the hammer, ib.<span class="bibl"> 78 </span>. (Perh. cf. Lith. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">geležìs</span> \'iron\'.)</div> </div><br><br>'}