χαλκίς

A. a brazen pot.

2. = pica maritima (i. e. roller, Coracias garrula), Gloss.

II. a migratory fish, perh. pilchard or sardine, Clupea sardina, Epich. 48, al., Arist. HA 543a2, Numen. ap. Ath. 7.328d, Opp. H. 1.244; also a freshwater fish, Arist. HA 568a18.

III. = ζιγνίς, a poisonous lizard, cicigna, ib.604b23, Plin. HN 32.30, Aët. 13.15; cf. χαλκιδικός 11.2.

IV. at Lacedaemon, female slave, Proxen. 8, Eust. 1090.57.

V. as pr. n., Χαλκίς,ίδος, ἡ, Chalcis, name of various cities, Il. 2.537, etc.