chalcis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χαλκίς (khalkís).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰal.kis/, [ˈkʰäɫ̪kɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.t͡ʃis/, [ˈkäl̠ʲt͡ʃis]

chalcis f (genitive chalcidis); third declension

1. A type of fish, possibly a sardine or herring.
2. A type of lizard or snake.

Third-declension noun.

• “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”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “chalcis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “chalcis”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “chalcis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “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)