1. to make of copper or (generally) of metal, to forge , (Iliad by Homer), etc.:—;Mid. to forge for oneself , (Theognis Elegiacus):—;Pass. to be wrought or forged , (Aristophanes Comicus)

2. absolute to be a smith, work as a smith, ply the hammer , (Aristophanes Comicus); τὸ χαλκεύειν the smith's art , (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)