pyropos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pyropus, pyropi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
alloy of gold and bronze; red precious stone;
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
- T
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..." - P
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..."