orichalcum
English
Etymology
From Latin orīchalcum, from Ancient Greek ὀρείχαλκος (oreíkhalkos), from dative singular of ὄρος (óros, “mountain”) + χαλκός (khalkós, “copper”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɒɹɪˈkalkəm/
Noun
orichalcum (uncountable)
- A valuable yellow metal known to the Ancient Greeks and Romans; now sometimes interpreted as referring to a natural alloy of gold and copper, and sometimes treated as a mythical substance.
- 2008, Jonathan Black, A Secret History of the World, Quercus 2008, p. 162:
- Many walls were coated with metals – with brass, tin and a red [sic] metal, unknown to us, called orichalcum.
- 2008, Jonathan Black, A Secret History of the World, Quercus 2008, p. 162:
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀρείχαλκος (oreíkhalkos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /o.riːˈkʰal.kum/, [ɔ.riːˈkʰaɫ.kʊ̃]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /o.riˈkal.kum/
Noun
orichalcum n (genitive orichalcī); second declension
- yellow copper ore, or an alloy of gold and copper
- a mythical mineral
- (Late Latin, Medieval Latin, poetic) brass (or brass objects)
- Vulgate Bible, Douay-Rheims Version, Revelation 1ː15
- et pedes eius similes orichalco sicut in camino ardenti et vox illius tamquam vox aquarum multarum
- Vulgate Bible, Douay-Rheims Version, Revelation 1ː15
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | orichalcum | orichalca |
Genitive | orichalcī | orichalcōrum |
Dative | orichalcō | orichalcīs |
Accusative | orichalcum | orichalca |
Ablative | orichalcō | orichalcīs |
Vocative | orichalcum | orichalca |
Descendants
- Italian: oricalco
- English: orichalcum
References
- orichalcum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- orichalcum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- orichalcum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- orichalcum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- orichalcum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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