I.of copper or bronze, brasen, Lat. aeneus, aheneus, Hom., etc.; χ. Ζεύς a bronze statue of Zeus, Hdt.; ἡ χαλκῆ Ἀθηνᾶ Dem.; χάλκεον ἱστάναι τινά (v. ἵστημι A. III).
2.metaph. brasen, i. e. stout, strong, χάλκεον ἦτορ, a heart of brass, Il.; ὂψ χ. id=Il.; χ. ὕπνος, i. e. the sleep of death, Virg. ferreus somnus, id=Il.
II.as Subst., v. χαλκοῦς.