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
- P
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..." - Q
Ars Poetica
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
"...miseris, abeat Fortuna superbis. Tibia non, ut nunc, orichalco uincta tubaeque aemula, sed tenuis simplexque foramine pauco adspirare..."