Chalybes

== English == === Noun === Chalybes pl (plural only) (historical) A people in Pontus, living on the Black Sea's southern shore, noted for their mines and their preparation of steel. == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Χάλυβες (Khálubes, “the Chalybes”), from Χάλυψ (Khálups, “individual among the Chalybes; tempered iron, steel”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʰa.ly.beːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkaː.li.bes] === Proper noun === Chalybēs m pl (genitive Chalybum); third declension A people in Pontus, living on the Black Sea's southern shore, noted for their mines and their preparation of steel. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, plural only. ==== Related terms ==== chalybēïus chalybs === References === “Chalybes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Chalybes”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.