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chalybs

chalybs, steel

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

chalybs , ybis, m.: steel, 8.446.
chălybs, ybis, m., = χάλυψ,
  • 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.

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