LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · masculinethird declension

Chalybēs

Chalybēs m pl (genitive Chalybum)
Classical[ˈkʰa.ly.beːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈkaː.li.bes]

Meaning

  1. A people in Pontus, living on the Black Sea's southern shore, noted for their mines and their preparation of steel.
    striduntque cauernis / stricturae Chalybum et fornacibus ignis anhelatChalybian ores hiss in the caverns, and from the furnace mouths puff the hot-panting fires29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 8.420

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominative—Chalybēs
genitive—Chalybum
dative—Chalybibus
accusative—Chalybēs
ablative—Chalybibus
vocative—Chalybēs

Chălўbes, um, m., = Χάλυβες.
I. A people in Pontus, noted for their mines and their preparation of steel [chalybs, hence the name; acc. to others, on the contr., steel, χάλυψ, was named from them], Plin. 6, 4, 4, § 11; 7, 56, 57, § 197; Cat. 66, 48; Verg. G. 1, 58; id. A. 8, 421; 10, 174 al.—
II. A tribe on the river Chalybs in Lusitania, Just. 44, 3, 9.

Origins

From Ancient Greek Χάλυβες (Khálubes, “the Chalybes”), from Χάλυψ (Khálups, “individual among the Chalybes; tempered iron, steel”).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyChalybesEth. Chalybes (Χάλυβες, or Χάλυβοι, as Hecataeus named them). The Ten Thousand in their march westward from Cerasus [CERASUS] came to the country of t…

Quick answers

What does Chalybēs mean in Latin?
Chalybēs, a proper noun, means “A people in Pontus, living on the Black Sea's southern shore, noted for their mines and their preparation of steel.”.
What is the genitive of Chalybēs?
The genitive singular is Chalybum. Chalybēs is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce Chalybēs?
In classical Latin, [ˈkʰa.ly.beːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkaː.li.bes].