COMPOUND: χαλκοβαρής, -ές
CATEGORIZATION: A [N+A+Suf]
MEANING: ‘heavy or loaded with bronze’
ETYMOLOGY: noun root χαλκ- (χαλχός) ‘bronze’ + adj. root βᾰρ- (βᾰρύς) ‘heavy in weight‘ + adj. suf. -ής, -ές
OCCURRENCE: Il. XI, 96; XV, 465; XXII, 328; Od. XI, 532; XXI, 423; XXII, 259, 276.
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. m. sg., nom. f. sing. (-εια), acc. sing.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadhāraya
NOTES: fem. χαλκοβάρεια (as if from *χαλκόβαρυς)