orichalco
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.);
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...colla comantia pectunt. ipse dehinc auro squalentem alboque orichalco circumdat loricam umeris, simul aptat habendo ensemque clipeumque..."Ars Poetica
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
"...miseris, abeat Fortuna superbis. Tibia non, ut nunc, orichalco uincta tubaeque aemula, sed tenuis simplexque foramine pauco adspirare..."