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Definition of Chalcis
1. Noun. Type genus of the Chalcididae.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Chalcidae, Chalcididae, Family Chalcidae, Family Chalcididae
Member holonyms: Chalcis Fly
Definition of Chalcis
1. Proper noun. A city in Euboea, Greece. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chalcis
Literary usage of Chalcis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1901)
"Chalcis ovata, Say. (Author's illustration.) cotton fields of Northern Florida
95 per cent, of the eggs from which would have hatched the voracious cotton ..."
2. Handbook for Travellers in Greece: Including the Ionian Islands, Continental by John Murray (Firm) (1884)
"Marathon to Chalcis by Rhani- nus 378 9. Athens to dudéis direct . ... Chalcis to
Karystos by Eretria 396 17. Chalcis to Thebes by Lukisi and Kokkino . ..."
3. Readings in Greek History, from Homer to the Battle of Chaeronea: A by Ida Carleton Thallon (1914)
"A separate alliance was made the same year with Chalcis in ... Hicks and Hill,
102 ATHENS AND Chalcis, BC 377 Aristoteles son of ..."
4. The History of Rome by Livy (1888)
"... pass over from thence to Chalcis; to which place Thoas himself led the rest
of his forces, marching mostly by night, and with all possible expedition. ..."
5. The history of Rome by Theodor Mommsen, William Purdie Dickson, Joseph Anton F. Wilhelm Ihne (1877)
"Attempt to gain Chalcis. Disappointment of the king. as if he were the friend
and protector of the Greeks without necessarily ..."
6. The History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1855)
"... could exhibit 600 horsemen, 3000 heavy-armed infantry, and 60 chariots, in a
sacred procession.2 Chalcis Ancient and Eretria were long rivals, ..."
7. The History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1855)
"Yet the abandonment of Chalcis did not enable him to secure Attica; and the evils
which lie drew upon it were greater than any from which he had hitherto ..."
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