Chalcedon

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Chalcēdōn, from Ancient Greek Χαλκηδών (Khalkēdṓn). See Kadıköy. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkælsɪˌdɒn/, /kælˈsiːdən/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪl.kəˌdɒn/ === Proper noun === Chalcedon An ancient maritime town of Bithynia, in Asia Minor in modern Turkey, almost directly opposite Byzantium. ==== Derived terms ==== Chalcedonian ==== Translations ==== == German == === Alternative forms === Chalzedon === Noun === Chalcedon m (strong, genitive Chalcedons, plural Chalcedone) (mineralogy) chalcedony ==== Declension ==== === Proper noun === Chalcedon n (proper noun, strong, genitive Chalcedons) alternative spelling of Chalkedon == Latin == === Alternative forms === Calchēdōn === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χαλκηδών (Khalkēdṓn). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʰaɫˈkeː.doːn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kal̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛː.don] === Proper noun === Chalcēdōn f sg (genitive Chalcēdōnis); third declension Chalcedon (an ancient maritime town of Bithynia, in Asia Minor in modern Turkey, almost directly opposite Byzantium.) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only. === References === “Chalcedon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Chalcedon”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 243. Chalcedon in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung