Chalcedon

See also: chalcedon and chalcedón

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪl.kəˌdɒn/

Proper noun

Chalcedon

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

Derived terms

Chalcedonian

Translations

town in Asia Minor

Armenian: Քաղկեդոն (Kʿaġkedon)
Old Armenian: Քաղկեդոն (Kʿałkedon)
Catalan: Calcedònia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 迦克墩 (Jiākèdūn)
French: Chalcédoine (fr) f
Georgian: ქალკედონი (kalḳedoni)
German: Chalkedon
Greek: Χαλκηδόνα (el) f (Chalkidóna)
Ancient: Χαλκηδών f (Khalkēdṓn)
Italian: Calcedonia (it)
Latin: Calchēdōn
Ottoman Turkish: خالكیدون‎
Persian: خلقیدون‎ (xalqidun)
Portuguese: Calcedônia (Brazil); Calcedónia (Portugal)
Russian: Халкедон (ru) (Xalkedon)
Sicilian: Carcidùnia f
Spanish: Calcedón m, Calcedonia f
Turkish: please add this translation if you can

German

Alternative forms

Chalzedon

Noun

Chalcedon m (strong, genitive Chalcedons, plural Chalcedone)

(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)

Alternative spelling of Chalkedon

Latin

Alternative forms

Calchēdōn

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χαλκηδών (Khalkēdṓn).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kʰalˈkeː.doːn/, [kʰäɫ̪ˈkeːd̪oːn]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kalˈt͡ʃe.don/, [käl̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛːd̪on]

Proper noun

Chalcēdōn f sg (genitive Chalcēdōnis); third declension

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, volume 1, 8th edition, Hahnsche Buchhandlung

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