chalybum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →chalybs, chalybis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
iron/steel; iron weapons/implements; sword (L+S); horse bit; arrow point; rail;
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber Quintus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...extrema clausis telluris ab antris pervigil auditur Chalybum labor: arma fatigant ruricolae, Gradive, tui; sonat illa creatrix prima..."Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...metuenda tibi saevissima quamquam gens Chalybum, duris patiens cui cultus in arvis et tonat adflicta semper domus ignea..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...laterum tractus spatiosaque pectora seruat nexilis innumero Chalybum subtemine thorax, horrendum, non matris, opus; galeaeque corusca prominet arce..."Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...teretes galeas magnorumque aerea suta thoracum et tunicas Chalybum squalore crepantes pectoribus temptare, alii Gortynia lentant cornua..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...expertos belli iuvenes, ast Ilva trecentos insula inexhaustis Chalybum generosa metallis. tertius ille hominum divumque interpres Asilas..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...incudibus ictus auditi referunt gemitus, striduntque cavernis stricturae Chalybum et fornacibus ignis anhelat, Volcani domus et Volcania nomine..."