Chalcedon

See also: chalcedon and chalcedón

English

Etymology

From Latin Chalcēdōn, from Ancient Greek Χαλκηδών (Khalkēdṓn). See Kadıköy.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkælsɪˌdɒn/, /kælˈsiːdən/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪl.kəˌdɒn/

Proper noun

Chalcedon

  1. An ancient maritime town of Bithynia, in Asia Minor in modern Turkey, almost directly opposite Byzantium.

Derived terms

Translations

German

Alternative forms

Noun

Chalcedon m (strong, genitive Chalcedons, plural Chalcedone)

  1. (mineralogy) chalcedony

Declension
Declension of Chalcedon [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Chalcedon die Chalcedone
genitive eines des Chalcedons der Chalcedone
dative einem dem Chalcedon den Chalcedonen
accusative einen den Chalcedon die Chalcedone

Proper noun

Chalcedon n (proper noun, strong, genitive Chalcedons)

  1. Alternative spelling of Chalkedon

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χαλκηδών (Khalkēdṓn).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Chalcēdōn f sg (genitive Chalcēdōnis); third declension

  1. 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.

Case Singular
Nominative Chalcēdōn
Genitive Chalcēdōnis
Dative Chalcēdōnī
Accusative Chalcēdōnem
Ablative Chalcēdōne
Vocative Chalcēdōn
Locative Chalcēdōnī
Chalcēdōne

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
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