pyropo
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pyropus, pyropi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
alloy of gold and bronze; red precious stone;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...coronat; namque alias fit uti claro sit rubra pyropo, inter dum quodam sensu fit uti videatur inter caeruleum..."Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...sublimibus alta columnis, clara micante auro flammasque imitante pyropo, cuius ebur nitidum fastigia summa tegebat, argenti bifores radiabant..."