χαλκ-εῖον,
Ionic dialect χαλκ-ήϊον, τό, =[[ {χαλκεία} 11, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.68, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 47, 77, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.40, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 300b ] Refs 5th c.BC+].
__II ={χαλκίον} (which see):
__II.1 cauldron, pot, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.81, 152 (variant{χαλκίον}), 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 4.39, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 329a ] Refs 5th c.BC+] codices: especially copper in baths, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 9.8 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; χ. ἐρυθρόν vessel of pure copper, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἑλκῶν” 12; χ. μολυβοῦν “POxy.” 1648.62 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 concave metal reflector in a lamp, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 7.4. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 bronze structure, [[ 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 2.22.2. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III τὰ χαλκεῖα (i.e. ἱερά), at Athens, a festival at the end of the month Pyanopsion, [[ 4th c.BC: Phanodemus Historicus 22, 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Fragmenta” 90, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 7.105 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; title of play by Menander.