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chălybs , ybis, m., = χάλυψ,
I.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.—
II. Meton., the things made of it.
A. A sword: “strictus,” Sen. Thyest. 364.—
B. A horse's bit, Luc. 6, 398.—
C. The point of an arrow, Luc. 7, 518; Val. Fl. 6, 342; Sil. 2, 107 al.—
D. An iron rail, Luc. 6, 547.
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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    • Vergil, Aeneid, 8.446
    • Lucan, Civil War, 7.518
    • Lucan, Civil War, 6.398
    • Lucan, Civil War, 6.547
    • Seneca, Hercules Oetaeus, 152
    • Seneca, Thyestes, 364
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 6.342
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