Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An ancient city of southeast Greece on the western coast of Euboea. It was a prosperous trading center after the eighth century BC, establishing outposts in Italy, Syria, Sicily, and mainland Greece.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of lizards, originally identical with Chalcides, but by some modern herpetologists limited to such teioid lizards as are by others referred to the genus Cophias.
- noun In entomology, the typical genus of the great parasitic family Chalcididæ, of the order Hymenoptera.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the type genus of the
Chalcididae .
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- proper noun A
city inEuboea ,Greece . - proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Chalcididae — type genus ofchalcid wasps .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the Chalcididae
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Gods call Chalcis, and men Cymindis: to be taught how much more correct the name Chalcis is than the name Cymindis - do you deem that a light matter?
The CRATYLUS Plato 1975
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'The Gods call Chalcis, and men Cymindis:' to be taught how much more correct the name Chalcis is than the name
Cratylus 427? BC-347? BC Plato 1855
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"Melampodia" called Chalcis in Euboea 'the land of fair women'.
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He hid himself behind the branches and sat there in the semblance of the sweet-singing bird that haunts the mountains and is called Chalcis by the gods, but men call it
The Iliad of Homer 1898
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He hid himself behind the branches and sat there in the semblance of the sweet-singing bird that haunts the mountains and is called Chalcis by the gods, but men call it
The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1868
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There was another Combe, the daughter of Asopus, who discovered the use of brazen arms, and was called Chalcis, from that circumstance.
The Metamorphoses of Ovid Vol. I, Books I-VII 43 BC-18? Ovid 1847
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There he sat, thickly covered with the fir branches, like unto a shrill bird, which, living in the mountains, the gods call Chalcis, and men Cymindis.
The Iliad of Homer (1873) 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1840
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Sing with me, maidens, sing the praises of Artemis, whose temple faces Chalcis, where angry spearmen madly chafe, here in the narrow havens of Aulis, because of me.
Iphigenia at Aulis 2008
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To the sandy beach of sea-coast Aulis I came after a voyage through the tides of Euripus, leaving Chalcis on its narrow firth, my city which feedeth the waters of far-famed Arethusa near the sea, that
Iphigenia at Aulis 2008
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Halt we here, maidens of Chalcis, and lift the queen from her chariot to the ground without stumbling, supporting her gently in our arms, with kind intent, that the renowned daughter of Agamemnon but just arrived may feel no fear; strangers ourselves, avoid we aught that may disturb or frighten the strangers from Argos.
Iphigenia at Aulis 2008
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