pyropus
ὡς αἰεὶ τὸν ὁμοῖον ἄγει θεὸς ὡς τὸν ὁμοῖον → how God ever brings like men together | birds of a feather flock together | how the god always leads like to like | as ever, god brings like and like together | as always the god brings like to like
Latin > English
pyropus pyropi N M :: alloy of gold and bronze; red precious stone
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pyrōpus: i, m., = πυρωπός (fire-colored),
I a metallic mixture, gold - bronze, bronze, Plin. 34, 8, 20, § 94; Lucr. 2, 803; Prop. 4 (5), 10, 21; Ov. M. 2, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pўrōpus, ī, m. (πυρωπός), pyrope, alliage de cuivre et d’or : Plin. 34, 94 ; Lucr. 2, 803 ; Prop. 4, 10, 21 ; Ov. M. 2, 2.
Latin > German (Georges)
pyrōpus, ī, m. (πυρωπός, feuerfarbig), eine aus drei Teilen Erz (aes) u. einem Teile Gold zusammengesetzte Metallmischung, etwa Goldbronze, s. Plin. 34, 94. Lucr. 2, 803. Prop. 4, 10, 21. Ov. met. 2, 2.
