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 Chalcis (wasp) on  Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
    
 Chalcis (wasp) on  Wikipedia.Wikipedia Chalcis (wasp) on  Wikipedia.Wikipedia
 Chalcidini on  Wikispecies.Wikispecies Chalcidini on  Wikispecies.Wikispecies
 Chalcis on  Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons 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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