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χαλκεῖον

χαλκεῖον, a smith’s shop, forge, smithy; a copper cauldron

χαλκ-εῖον, Ion. χαλκ-ήϊον, τό,
  • = foreg. [χαλκεία] II, Hdt. 1.68, Hp. Art. 47, 77, And. 1.40, Pl. Euthd. 300b.
    • II = χαλκίον (q.v.):
      • 1 cauldron, pot, Hdt. 4.81, 152 (v.l. χαλκίον), Hp. Morb. 4.39, Pl. Prt. 329a codd.: esp. copper in baths, Thphr. Char. 9.8; χ. ἐρυθρόν vessel of pure copper, Hp. Ulc. 12; χ. μολυβοῦν POxy. 1648.62 (ii A. D.).
      • 2 concave metal reflector in a lamp, X. Smp. 7.4.
      • 3 bronze structure, Paus. 2.22.2.
    • III τὰ χαλκεῖα (sc. ἱερά), at Athens, a festival at the end of the month Pyanopsion, Phanod. 22, Hyp. Fr. 90, cf. Poll. 7.105; title of play by Menander.

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