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noun greek

chălybs

gen. chălybўbis · gender masculine · decl. 3rd
steel •
steel (cf. Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 142 sq.): vulnificus (because weapons were made of it), Verg. A. 8, 446; on account of its hardness: ferro durior et chalybe, Prop. 1, 16, 30; cf. Sen. Herc. Oet. 152; Sil. 1, 171; 2, 403.—
the things made of it by metonymy
Meton., the things made of it.
A sword •
A sword: strictus, Sen. Thyest. 364.—
A horse
A horse's bit, Luc. 6, 398.—
The point of an arrow
The point of an arrow, Luc. 7, 518; Val. Fl. 6, 342; Sil. 2, 107 al.—
An iron rail
An iron rail, Luc. 6, 547.
Perseus ID: n7691 Key: chalybs1