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χαλκ-εῖον , Ion. χαλκ-ήϊον , τό, = foreg. 11, Hdt.1.68, Hp.Art.47,77, And.1.40, Pl.Euthd. 300b.
II. = χαλκίον (q.v.):
1. cauldron, pot, Hdt.4.81, 152 (v.l. χαλκίον), Hp.Morb.4.39, Pl.Prt.329a codd.: esp. copper in baths, Thphr.Char.9.8; χ. ἐρυθρόν vessel of pure copper, Hp.Ulc.12; “χ. μολυβοῦνPOxy.1648.62 (ii A. D.).
2. concave metal reflector in a lamp, X.Smp.7.4.
3. bronze structure, Paus.2.22.2.
III. τὰ χαλκεῖα (sc. ἱερά), at Athens, a festival at the end of the month Pyanopsion, Phanod.22, Hyp.Fr.90, cf. Poll.7.105; title of play by Menander.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (11):
    • Andocides, On the Mysteries, 40
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.68
    • Herodotus, Histories, 4.81
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2.22.2
    • Plato, Protagoras, 329a
    • Plato, Euthydemus, 300b
    • Xenophon, Symposium, 7.4
    • Theophrastus, Characters, 9.8
    • Hippocrates, De ulceribus, 12
    • Hippocrates, De articulis, 47
    • Hippocrates, De articulis, 77
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