Calchas

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κάλχας (Kálkhas).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkal.kʰaːs/, [ˈkaɫ.kʰaːs]

Noun

Calchās m sg (genitive Calchāntis); third declension

  1. (Greek mythology) A Greek soothsayer during the war of Troy and son of Thestor

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Calchās
Genitive Calchāntis
Dative Calchāntī
Accusative Calchāntem
Ablative Calchānte
Vocative Calchās

References
  • Calchas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Calchas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Calchas in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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