Chalcis, ĭdis or ĭdŏs, f., = Χαλκίς.
I Chief town of the island Euboea , opposite to Aulis , connected by a bridge with the main land , now Egribo or Negroponte; also called Chalcis Euboica , or Chalcis Euboeae , Col. 1, 4, 9; Luc. 5, 227; Mel. 2, 7, 9; Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 64; 11, 37, 74, § 191; Nep. Timo th. 3, 5; Vell. 1, 4, 1; gen. Gr. Chalcidos, Luc. 5, 227; acc. Gr. Chalcida, id. 2, 710.—
B Hence, the adjj. ,
1 Chalcĭ-dĭcus , a, um, of Chalcis , in Euboea , Chalcidian : Euripus, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24: creta, Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 1: galli, id. ib. 3, 9, 6: gallinae, Col. 8, 2, 4 and 13: ficus, Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 6; Col. 5, 10, 11; 5, 10, 414: harenae, Val. Fl. 1, 454: versus, of the poet Euphorion , a native of Chalcis , Verg. E. 10, 50; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 56: Nola, founded by the Chalcidians , Sil. 12, 161.—
β Since Cumae was a colony of Chalcis, Cumaean : arx, Cumae , Verg. A. 6, 17: turres, Stat. S. 2, 2, 94- litora, id. ib. 4, 4, 78: carmen, of the Cumaean Sibyl , id. ib. 5, 3, 182.—
b Subst.: Chalcĭdĭcum , i, n., a chamber at the corner of a basuica , on each side of the tribunal , Aug. Mon. Ancyr. 4, 1; Vitr. 5, 1; Hyg. Fab. 184; Inscr. Orell. 1303; 3287; 3290 sq.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 52 Müll.— Also a spacious chamber in Grecian houses , Aus. Per. Odyss. 1; 23; Arn. 4, p. 149; 3, p. 105.—
2 Chalcĭdensis , e, adj., Chalcidian : Timagoras, of Chalcis , Χαλκιδεύς, Plin. 35, 9, 35, § 58; Liv. 35, 49, 6.—In plur. subst. , the inhabitants of Chalcis , Liv. 35, 38, 10 al.—
3 Chalcĭdĭcensis , e, adj., of Chalcis : colonia, i. e. Cumae (cf. supra), Gell. 10, 16, 8.—
II A town in Arabia , Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 159.—
III A town in Syria , Plin. 5, 23, 19, § 81.