Χάλκων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαλκός (khalkós, “copper”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰál.kɔːn/ → /ˈxal.kon/ → /ˈxal.kon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰál.kɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰal.kon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈxal.kon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈxal.kon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈxal.kon/

Proper noun

Χᾰ́λκων • (Khálkōn) m (genitive Χᾰ́λκωνος); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Chalcon, one of the Myrmidons and father of Bathycles

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Χᾰ́λκων; τοῦ Χᾰ́λκωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Χᾰ́λκων ho Khálkōn
Genitive	τοῦ Χᾰ́λκωνος toû Khálkōnos
Dative	τῷ Χᾰ́λκωνῐ tôi Khálkōni
Accusative	τὸν Χᾰ́λκωνᾰ tòn Khálkōna
Vocative	Χᾰ́λκων Khálkōn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Χάλκων (Chálkon)
• → Latin: Chalcōn

References

• “Χάλκων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Χάλκων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette