Lewis & Short

Chălybes, um, m., = Χάλυβες.

  1. 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.
  2. II. A tribe on the river Chalybs in Lusitania, Just. 44, 3, 9.