κάλχη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• χᾰ́λκη (khálkē)

Etymology

A loan of unknown origin. Beekes does not dismiss a Pre-Greek origin. It cannot be decided whether the name of the mythological seer Κάλχας (Kálkhas) belongs here as well.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kál.kʰɛː/ → /ˈkal.çi/ → /ˈkal.çi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kál.kʰɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.kʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.çi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.çi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.çi/

Noun

κᾰ́λχη • (kálkhē) f (genitive κᾰ́λχης); first declension

1. purple-fish (Hexaplex trunculus)

   Synonym: πορφῠ́ρᾱ (porphúrā)

2. purple dye obtained from it
3. (architecture) rosette on the capitals of columns
4. crown daisy (Glebionis coronaria)

   Synonyms: βούφθᾰλμον (boúphthalmon), χᾰλκᾰ́νθεμον (khalkánthemon), χᾰ́λκᾰνθον (khálkanthon), χᾰλκᾰ́ς (khalkás), χᾰλκῖτῐς (khalkîtis), χρῡσᾰ́νθεμον (khrūsánthemon)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κᾰ́λχη; τῆς κᾰ́λχης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰ́λχη hē kálkhē	τὼ κᾰ́λχᾱ tṑ kálkhā	αἱ κᾰ́λχαι hai kálkhai
Genitive	τῆς κᾰ́λχης tês kálkhēs	τοῖν κᾰ́λχαιν toîn kálkhain	τῶν κᾰλχῶν tôn kalkhôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰ́λχῃ têi kálkhēi	τοῖν κᾰ́λχαιν toîn kálkhain	ταῖς κᾰ́λχαις taîs kálkhais
Accusative	τὴν κᾰ́λχην tḕn kálkhēn	τὼ κᾰ́λχᾱ tṑ kálkhā	τᾱ̀ς κᾰ́λχᾱς tā̀s kálkhās
Vocative	κᾰ́λχη kálkhē	κᾰ́λχᾱ kálkhā	κᾰ́λχαι kálkhai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κᾰλχαίνω (kalkhaínō)
• κᾰ́λχῐον (kálkhion)
• κῠνοχᾰ́λκη (kunokhálkē)
• χᾰλκῖτῐς (khalkîtis)
• χᾰλκᾰ́νθεμον (khalkánthemon)
• χᾰλκᾰ́νθον (khalkánthon)
• χᾰλκᾰ́ς (khalkás)

 

Further reading

• “κάλχη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κάλχη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κάλχη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN