ὀρείχαλκος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, Lat. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[orichalcum]] (which by a false etym. was freq. written [[aurichalcum]]), [[mountain]]-[[copper]], i.e. [[yellow copper ore]], [[copper]] or [[brass made from yellow copper ore]], h.Hom.6.9, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>122</span>, <span class="bibl">Stesich.88</span>, <span class="bibl">Ibyc. <span class="title">Oxy.</span>1790.42</span>, B.<span class="title">Fr.</span>68 Bgk., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Criti.</span>114e</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">APo.</span>92b22</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mir.</span>834b25</span>, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>2.7</span>,<span class="bibl">20</span>; a mirror of it, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Lav.Pall.</span>19</span> ; described by Theopomp. Hist.<span class="bibl">109</span> as a mixture of [[ψευδάργυρος]] and [[χαλκός]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> as Adj., = [[ὀρειχάλκινος]] ([[of orichalc]], [[of orichalcum]], [[of yellow copper ore]]), Suid.</span>