Chalcis, idis or idos, f., = Χαλκίς. Chief town of the island Eubaea, opposite to Aulis, connected by a bridge with the main land, now Egribo or Negroponte; also called Chalcis Euboica, or Chalcis Eubaeae, Col. 1, 4, 9; Luc. 5, 227; Mel. 2, 7, 9; Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 64; 11, 37, 74, § 191; Nep. Timoth. 3, 5; Vell. 1, 4, 1; gen. Gr. Chalcidos, Luc. 5, 227; acc. Gr. Chalcida, id. 2, 710.

— Hence, the adjj., Chalci-dicus, a, um, of Chalcis, in Eubaea, 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.

— 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.

— Subst.: Chalcidicum, 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 Mull.

— Also a spacious chamber in Grecian houses, Aus. Per. Odyss. 1; 23; Arn. 4, p. 149; 3, p. 105.

— Chalcidensis, 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.

— Chalcidicensis, e, adj., of Chalcis: colonia, i. e. Cumae (cf. supra), Gell. 10, 16, 8.

— A town in Arabia, Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 159.

— A town in Syria, Plin. 5, 23, 19, § 81.