χαλκεῖον

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.