Chalcis
See also: chalcis
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Χαλκίς (Khalkís).
Proper noun
Chalcis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Chalcididae – type genus of chalcid wasps.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Hymenoptera – order; Apocrita - suborder; Chalcidoidea - superfamily; Chalcididae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Chalcis sispes - type species; for the numerous other species see
Chalcis (wasp) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
Chalcis (wasp) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Chalcidini on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Chalcis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English

Etymology
From Ancient Greek Χαλκίς (Khalkís).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkælsɪs/
Proper noun
Chalcis
- A city in Euboea, Greece.
- An ancient town in Aeolis, in modern Turkey.
- An ancient town in Aetolia, in modern Greece.
- An ancient town in Elis, in modern Greece.
- An ancient town in Epirus, in modern Greece.
- An ancient town in modern northern Syria, now known as Qinnasrin.
- The former Byzantine name of İnecik, a village in Thrace in modern Turkey.
Synonyms
- Chalkida (a city in Greece)
Related terms
- Chalcidian
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χαλκίς (Khalkís).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʰal.kis/, [ˈkʰäɫ̪kɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkal.t͡ʃis/, [ˈkäl̠ʲt͡ʃis]
Proper noun
Chalcis f sg (genitive Chalcidis or Chalcidos); third declension
- Chalcis (the chief town of the island of Euboea in modern Greece)
- Chalcis (an ancient town in Aeolis, in modern Turkey)
- Chalcis (an ancient town in Aetolia, in modern Greece)
- Chalcis (an ancient town in Elis, in modern Greece)
- Chalcis (an ancient town in Epirus, in modern Greece)
- Chalcis (an ancient town in modern northern Syria)
Declension
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Derived terms
- Chalcidēnsis
- Chalcidicēnsis
- Chalcidicum
- Chalcidicus
- Chalcis Euboeae
- Chalcis Euboica
References
- “Chalcis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Chalcis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Chalcis” on page 308 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- “Chalcis” on page 308 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
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