noun

Chalcēdon

gen. Chalcēdŏnis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd

(in MSS. also ), , , = Χαλκηδών

a town in Bithynia; on the Thracian Bosporus; opposite Byzantium

a town in Bithynia, on the Thracian Bosporus, opposite Byzantium, Mel. 1, 19, 5; Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149 sq.; 37, 5, 18, § 73; Liv. 42, 56, 6; acc. Gr. Chalcedona, Luc. 9, 959 al.; cf. Mann. Asia Min. 3, p. 581 sq.—Hence,

of Chalcedon; Chalcedonian; the Chalcedonians •

Chalcēdŏnĭus, a, um, adj., of Chalcedon, Chalcedonian: Thrasymachus, Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 128: smaragdi, Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 72: harenae, Claud. in Rufin. 2, 55.—Subst.: Chalcēdŏnii, ōrum, m., the Chalcedonians, Tac. A. 12, 63.

Perseus ID: n7670 Key: Chalcedon