A.“-ῆς” Ar.Av.490 (anap.), Pl.R.370d, Ep. -ῆες (v. infr.): acc. “χαλκέας” Id.Smp.221e, R.428d, “χαλκεῖς” Plu.2.214a:—coppersmith, opp. τέκτων (joiner, Pl.R.370d), “ἣν [ἀσπίδα] χ. ἤλασεν” Il.12.295, etc.; “μίτρη, τὴν χαλκῆες κάμον ἄνδρες” 4.187,216.
2. generally, worker in metal, of a goldsmith, Od.3.432; of a worker in iron. 9.391; hence later, blacksmith, smith (“χαλκέας τοὺς τὸν σίδηρον ἐργαζομένους” Arist.Po.1461a29), Hdt.1.68, Ar.l.c., X.HG3.4.17; “ἀνὴρ χ.” Hdt.4.200; “χ. χαλκοῦ καὶ σιδήρου” LXXGe.4.22.