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Chalcēdon (in MSS. also Calchē-don ), ŏnis, f., = Χαλκηδών,
I.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,
II. 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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Tacitus, Annales, 12.63
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.32
    • Lucan, Civil War, 9.959
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 37.72
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 37.73
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 42, 56
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