chălybs, ybis, m., = χάλυψ,
I steel (cf. Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 142 sq.): vulnificus (because weapons were made of it), Verg. A. 8, 446; on account of its hardness: ferro durior et chalybe, Prop. 1, 16, 30; cf. Sen. Herc. Oet. 152; Sil. 1, 171; 2, 403.—
II Meton., the things made of it.
A A sword : strictus, Sen. Thyest. 364.—
B A horse’s bit , Luc. 6, 398.—
C The point of an arrow , Luc. 7, 518; Val. Fl. 6, 342; Sil. 2, 107 al.—
D An iron rail , Luc. 6, 547.