pyropus

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Ἐρωτώμενος διὰ τί ὀλίγους ἔχει μαθητάς, ἔφη ὅτι ἀργυρέᾳ αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλω ῥάβδῳ → When asked why he had so few pupils, he replied ‘I chase them away with a silver stick (Diogenes Laertius 6.4.5, on the philosopher Antisthenes)

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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.

Latin > English

pyropus pyropi N M :: alloy of gold and bronze; red precious stone