orichalca
Dictionary entries
- Entry →orichalcum, orichalci:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
brass; golden metal; yellow copper ore, "mountain copper"; brass objects (pl.);
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples

Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...super foribus Bellona reclusis nuda latus passuque movens orichalca sonoro adstitit et triplici pulsans fastigia crista inde ciere..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...custos, uisoque animata cruore emicat effigies et sparsa orichalca renident: cum dea pugnantis capulum dextramque repressit: 'magnanime..."
