χαλκόφωνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαλκός (khalkós, “copper”) +‎ φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰal.kó.pʰɔː.nos/ → /xalˈko.ɸo.nos/ → /xalˈko.fo.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰal.kó.pʰɔː.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰalˈko.pʰo.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xalˈko.ɸo.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xalˈko.fo.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xalˈko.fo.nos/

Noun

χᾰλκόφωνος • (khalkóphōnos) f (genitive χᾰλκοφώνου); second declension

1. name of a metallic sounding stone

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ χᾰλκόφωνος; τῆς χᾰλκοφώνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χᾰλκόφωνος hē khalkóphōnos	τὼ χᾰλκοφώνω tṑ khalkophṓnō	αἱ χᾰλκόφωνοι hai khalkóphōnoi
Genitive	τῆς χᾰλκοφώνου tês khalkophṓnou	τοῖν χᾰλκοφώνοιν toîn khalkophṓnoin	τῶν χᾰλκοφώνων tôn khalkophṓnōn
Dative	τῇ χᾰλκοφώνῳ têi khalkophṓnōi	τοῖν χᾰλκοφώνοιν toîn khalkophṓnoin	ταῖς χᾰλκοφώνοις taîs khalkophṓnois
Accusative	τὴν χᾰλκόφωνον tḕn khalkóphōnon	τὼ χᾰλκοφώνω tṑ khalkophṓnō	τᾱ̀ς χᾰλκοφώνους tā̀s khalkophṓnous
Vocative	χᾰλκόφωνε khalkóphōne	χᾰλκοφώνω khalkophṓnō	χᾰλκόφωνοι khalkóphōnoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: chalcophōnos

Further reading

• “χαλκόφωνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• χαλκόφωνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette