Chalybes, A people in the lesse Asta, in the countrey called Põtus, which dig great plentie of yron, and go naked. It is also the name of a riuer in Spaine.
Chalybs, chálybis, penult. cor. mas. gen. Genus ferri durissimi. Steele.Candens chalybs. Sil. Glowing hoate steele.Durus chalybs. Sil. Vulnificúlque chalybs.Virg.Lethifer chalybs.Val. Flac.Strictus chalybs. Sen. The sworde drawen.Chamæ.A kinde of shell sish called also Hiatula.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Chălbes, um, m., = *xa/lubes. 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, xa/luy, 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.