Chalcedon

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Chalcēdon (in MSS. also Calchē-don), ŏnis, f., = Χαλκηδών,

I a town in Bithynia , on the Thracian Bosporus , opposite Byzantium , Mel. 1, 19, 5; Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149 sq.; 37, 5, 18, § 73; Liv. 42, 56, 6; acc. Gr. Chalcedona, Luc. 9, 959 al.; cf. Mann. Asia Min. 3, p. 581 sq.—Hence,

II Chalcēdŏnĭus , a, um, adj., of Chalcedon , Chalcedonian : Thrasymachus, Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 128: smaragdi, Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 72: harenae, Claud. in Rufin. 2, 55.—Subst.: Chalcēdŏnii , ōrum, m., the Chalcedonians , Tac. A. 12, 63.

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